What color should a phone line be?
Telephone wiring is color-coded… red, green, yellow and black. They are used in pairs for each phone line you have. Repairmen in fact refer to the wires in terms of “pairs”, so technically a standard four wire telephone line has two pairs. LINE 1 uses the red-green pair.
What do phone line colors mean?
The red and green wires are on the two center terminals of a normal phone jack, and the black and yellow wires are on the two outer terminals. This arrangement allows most normal houses to handle two phone lines very easily.
What socket do you need for BT broadband?
master socket
You must always plug your Hub into the broadband connection on your master socket. If you plug it into a phone socket or extension, it just won’t work.
What is the colour of a BT telephone line?
Normally, the first pair used for your telephone line is solid Orange, solid White. This applies to Underground fed properties with older BT cable, and BT overhead ‘Dropwire’. A second telephone line with a different phone number would terminate on solid Black and solid Green.
What is the colour code for BT dropwire?
BT External Telephone Cable Colour Code. Normally, the first pair used for your telephone line is solid Orange, solid White. This applies to Underground fed properties with older BT cable, and BT overhead ‘Dropwire’. A second telephone line with a different phone number would terminate on solid Black and solid Green.
How do I move an incoming BT line?
The incoming line has to terminate on an internal master socket. Any extensions must be run from that master socket. Its Openreach not BT Retail that do the work, so you need to contact your phone Service Provider and ask for an Internal Home Move. You will get charged about £130, unless there is a lot of extra work to be done.
Is there a list of incoming calls from BT?
No as no record is kept of incoming calls as they do not all come from BT like your outgoing calls do