Need telephone wiring help

[SnowPunk98]

I just got another line today and I have 2 pair, red/green and black/yellow I only had them do the outside job to the demark point cause I didnt wanna pay $125 for somthing that shouldnt be that hard. Unfortunatly it doesnt work. I changed the black/yellow to where the re/green were cause I only want it working in 1 room of the house not all 3. I get no dial tone though. I need some ideas on why its not working. None of the wires are cut in the loop. Do I need to connect it in the atic where its coming in?

 

[Dazmite]

I'd bet that the lines are not connected any further than the main box. The installer most likely just ran a new line from the pole to the house. Its up to you to connect the lines from there. Red/green are most common, I think. If you connect the new line to the yellow/black pair, be sure the red/green outlets are connected to y/b wires.

Daz

 

[SnowPunk98]

So I gotta go up to the atic and connect it?

 

[Zim Hosein]

SnowPunk98, most likely yes, you will have to go up into the attic. When I had a second line installed in my apartment, the installer ran the second line seperately, so to get my second line into my room, I then had to run the wires all the way from point of entry

 

[ScottMac]

If both phone numbers are coming in on one line, the first line is on the red/green pair, the second line is on the black/yellow pair.

Usually the easiest thing to do is run all four wires to every location, then use a two-line splitter (available at Radio Shack) to get access to the second phone line.

This give you the future option of getting a two-line phone as well (both lines delivered to the phone over one cord).

Good Luck

Scott