News of Installing an NTE5

The BT Openreach Installation booklet for the NTE5 socket can be downloaded here :-

http://www.run-it-direct.co.uk/NTE5installationinstructions.pdf

So...here's the inside of my old "master socket". I can tell it's the master socket since it has the surge protector. I can see the BT trunk line with the mass of coloured wires...however it seems like the people who originally wired it up when the house was built only used the blue and white wires, and have connected wires from another cable.

Do I just wire whatever is in the original pin 2 to ...

To use an IDC tool is very simple, there is no need to remove the insulation from the wire.

IDC Tool:-



First lay the wires over the top of the IDC block :-



Then use the IDC tool to push the wire firmly into the block, note the tool will only fit one way :-



& that is it!!

Hi i have the NTE5 faceplate off,and have a brown and a green wire,which extension socket do they go in ?is it 2 and 5,which colour into which please?
thanks

:!: Our NTE5's are made by the same people who supply BT, they are the latest revision with the bell wire filter that can improve ADSL performance.

Installing an NTE5 is very easy, first off we should point out that officially speaking you should not fit the NTE5 directly to BT's wiring(the wiring that comes from outside the building). However you are very unlikely to get into ...