Telephone Line repair?

Question

I moved into a flat in Beijing about 5 months ago and in the bedroom there was a telephone socket hanging off the wall, I assumed it was useless so I snipped the wires and then stuffed them back in and sealed up the socket. I then realised that the main telephone line came into the apartment through this line. I have managed to put some of the wires back together which has given me access to the internet again, but the landline telephone will still not work no matter where I connect it. Do the internet and the telephone run on separate lines and am I going to need an engineer to come and repair the line? Or can anyone give me some hints as to how to repair? There are eight wires in each cable, an orange/hatched orange, blue/h blue, brown/ h brown and green/ h green. There are also two white wires which I assume carry the power.

Answer 1

Two wires (normally referred to as a "pair") are needed for most telephone connections. One of the wires in a pair is referred to as the "tip" and the other is called the "ring". Color code schemes are used to identify wires within a cable.

You may encounter two different wire color schemes while working on your phone wiring.

The simplest color scheme is used on normal station cable (what your phone tech may call "JK"), which has only two pairs of wire. The first pair has one green wire ("tip") and one red wire ("ring"). The second pair has one black wire ("tip") and one yellow wire ( "ring"). For a single phone line, only the green and red pair are normally used. The black and yellow pair is normally spare and available to install a second phone line.

The other color scheme is somewhat more complicated and is based on a primary color and a secondary color.
The "tip" wire is mostly the secondary color, with marks of the primary color (i.e., white with blue marks).
The "ring" wire is mostly the primary color, with marks of the secondary color (i.e., blue with white marks).
The primary colors are blue, orange, green, brown,, and slate (or gray, if you're not a phone tech!).
The secondary colors are white, red, black, yellow, and violet (or purple, if you're not a phone tech!).

Group 1Pair 1-5
Group 2Pair 6-10
Group 3Pair 11-15
Group 4Pair 16-20
Group 5Pair 21-25

Pairs are marked in groups of five. Each pair within each group uses a different primary color and each group uses a different secondary color. This allows identification of up to 25 pairs (referred to as a "binder"), which is likely to be the largest cable you'll encounter in a "residential" environment. Cables with four pairs are commonly used for many residential and office installations today.


You may find that wire with both color schemes has been used in your installation.
Use the diagram below to translate between the two schemes.
white with blue = green = tip white with orange = black = tip
blue with white = red = ring orange with white = yellow = ring


You only need one line for internet and phone.standard dial u will not allow voice and data at the same time. DSL requires a special modem and will allow both voice and data at the same time but the phone requires a filter in line with it.

The white wires may actualy be white and grey.

Answer 2

You have to have a "splitter" or line separator for the 'Net, it will just plug into an outlet. You can get all this from any Wal-Mart store or electrical supply. The lines coming in: You only have to have two of the wires connected for an average home phone line. The red and the black. Run your plug in from this line to the 'Net and just plug the one in, your going to have to get the wires for the phone line already made up or make them yourself. You'll need several plug-in connectors, one connector and several feet of wire, depending on where the line comes in and where the PC is located.