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	Subject - installing a telephone jack from the main box-help neetzaz can someone please send me diagrams and the instructions on how to do this ?Thanks so much,Neetzaz (i need the color code,also) JimmyDee I think instructions are given with every phone wall plate you purchase. Jim blackrd If you follow some simple rule, I will help you. Outside of you house ther is a gray box called a NID,SIU, or something similar. You have two color codes in use today. The old style is green/red and yellow/black (think christmas tree and bumble bee. You line one is G/R and line 2 is Y/B. red is positive or "ring" and green negative, (ring and tip in telephone talk) black is +, yellow -, etc. blackrd Sorry I hit the enter button. Your modern color code is line 1 blue + blue white, blue is your ring, blue/white is your tip, line 2 is orange+ orange white, get the pattern? your jack is parobably the old color code, your wire, unless it is real cheap junk, will be the new color code, inside the NID, it is usually the old color code. If so, connect the rred/green terminals on your jack to the blue/bluewhite wires in your IW(inside wire), run the IW to the nid, connect your blu/bluewhite pairs the the red/green terminals on the nid. This is basic install for POTS line. blackrd Do you want the color code for cable too? stedder I'd like the color code for cable, I have a black one and a white one which is ok to use? (they both say rg6u on them.) blackrd oh, I see, call back when you have a serious question. Respect the forum please sparkie2170 For those interested heres a link http://www.incentre.net/incentre/frame/ethernet.html I know it's not telephone, but you can learn a new thing today! bmuse61 Don't forget there is voltage present, so use strippers and not your teeth! blackrd 52 volts dc, 100+ a/c when its ringing.