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How to
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Build a SILVER BOX
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ATTENTION:
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BE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO SOLDER! THIS
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COULD PERMENANTLY DAMAGE YOUR PHONE!!!
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READ EVERYTHING BEFORE DOING ANYTHING!
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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Ingreadients:
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1 Blue wire about 1 foot.
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1 Gray wire about 1 foot.
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1 Brown wire about 1 foot.
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(Better to overkill....)
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1 Single pole/Double throw
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(SPDT) switch. (Smallest
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you can find.)
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1 Standard bell phone.
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Tools:
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1 Soldering Iron and Solder.
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1 flat-tip screwdriver.
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1 Very patcient person.
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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1: Take the casing off your phone by
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loosening the two screws
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underneath it. (Don't take the
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screws all the way off!)
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2: Loosen (But don't remove) the
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screws on the side of the touch-
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tone keypad. (The ones that attach
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it to the mounting bracket.) and
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CAREFULLY remove the keypad from
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the mounting bracket.
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3: You will notice a plastic cover on
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the keypad; seperate the two
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halves and get the out of your
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way. (Don't destroy them, you will
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need them later.)
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4: Now, look at the top of the pad
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(so the 123 row is facing away,
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and the *0# row is toward you.
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Turn over the keypad. You should
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see a mass of wires, gold plated
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contacts, discrete components, and
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two large doughnut shaped black
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thingies. (These are the coils hat
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make the touch-tone frequencies.
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All you are going to do is connect
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the wires that Ma Bell "Forgot"
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to.)
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5: Look at the coil on the left (with
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5 solder contacts facing you,
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rather than being perpendicular to
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you.) Count over 4 contacts FROM
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the left (or 2 conacts FROM the
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right) and solder the GRAY wire to
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the fourth post FROM the left.
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6: Solder the other end of the GRAY
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wire to the LEFT pole of the SPDT
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switch.
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7: (The point of no return)..........
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Take a look at the bottom edge of
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the keypad. You should see a row
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of three gold plated contacts (to
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the right of two very large
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capasitors) look at the one on the
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left and GENTELY seperate the two
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touching connectors (They are
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soldered together with a drop of
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solder) and spread them apart.
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8: Solder the brown wire to the top
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contact (The one futhest from
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you), and solder it to the RIGHT
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pole of SPDT switch.
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9: Now, take the blue wire and solder
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it to the bottom (Closest)
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contact. Solder the other end of
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this wire to the CENTER pole of
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SPDT switch.
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***************************************
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DONE
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***************************************
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10: Now put you phone back together.
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(To make it look professonal, make
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a hole in the plastic top of your
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phone and stick the SPDT switch
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through it.
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Now, (Hopefully) when the switch is
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in on position you will have a normal
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phone and when it is in the other
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position the 3, 6, 9, and # keys (Which
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are now the A, B, C, and D keys) will
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magically produce the SILVER BOX TONES!
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Have Phun and Happy Phreaking,
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Agrajag
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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Brought to you by:
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AGRAJAG and
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-=%> The Hitchhikers <%=-
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Bring your towel
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===================================
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USING A
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SILVER BOX
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-----------------------------------
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First off, a silver box adds the
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four extra tones to your phone that
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Ma Bell never told you about. They go
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like this:
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1 2 3 A
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4 5 6 B
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7 8 9 C
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* 0 # D
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There used to be many places were
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you could use SILVER BOX tones, but
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now you can only use it in places were
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Ma Bell hasn't gotten around to
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replacing here old switchboxes,
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(4A), or on Autovan.
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Autovan is a special military phone
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line, like a mass of private lines
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hooked together (I think, but I'm not
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sure).
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To see if a specific area has the
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old 4A switchboxes try this test:
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Call up there directory assistance by
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using XXX-555-1212, (Where XXX is
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the area code you are check out. Now
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hold down the "D" key as soon as you
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finish dialing. (If you are using the
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SILVER BOX that I showed you how to
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make; Switch to SILVER BOX tones
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and hold down the "#" key.) The phone
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should start ringing and the operator
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will answer.
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If the operator screams at you to
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stop pressing your keypad, then hang
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up and try a diffrent areacode. (This
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one does not work.)
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If you get a pulsing tone the you got
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a good line! Now try out different
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numbers. 6 and 7 usually form a loop
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line and two people with SILVER
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BOXES can talk. But some of these
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are whatched, so DON'T say anything
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you wouldn't want your mother to
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hear!
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I have heard the 213 works but is
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being watched. Try out of the way
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states like Iowa, Monatana, Wyoming,
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ect...
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Have Phun,
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Agrajag
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-----------------------------------
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Brought to you by:
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Agrajag and
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-=%> The Hitchhikers <%=-
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===================================
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***************************************
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* *
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* How to build a BLACK BOX *
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* *
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***************************************
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To all who dare --
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What is a BLACK BOX? A BLACK BOX
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is a device that is hooked up to your
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fone that fixes your fone so that when
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you get a call, the caller doesn't get
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charged for the call. This is good for
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calls up to 1/2 hour, after 1/2 hour
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the Fone Co. gets suspicious, and then
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you can guess what happens.
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The way it works:
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What this little beauty does is
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keep the line voltage from dropping to
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10v when you answer your fone. The
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line is insted kept at 36v and it will
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make the fone think that it is still
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ringing while your talking. The reason
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for the 1/2 hour time limit is that the
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Fone CO. thinks that something is wrong
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after 1/2 an hour of ringing.
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All parts are available Radio
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Shack. Using the least possible parts
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and arangement, the cost is $0.98 !!!!
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And that is parts for two of them!
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Talk about a deal! If you want to
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splurge then you can get a small PC
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board, and a switch. There are two
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schematics for this box, one is for
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most normal fones. The second one is
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for fones that don't work with the
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first. It was made for use with a Bell
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Trimline touch tone fone.
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** Schematic 1 for most fones **
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** LED ON: BOX ON **
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FROM >--------------------GREEN-> TO
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LINE >--! 1.8k LED !---RED--> FONE
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!--/\/\/\--!>--!
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! !
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------>/<-------
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SPST
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Parts: 1 1.8k 1/2 watt resistor
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1 1.5v LED
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1 SPST switch
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You may just have two wires which you
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connect together for the switch.
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** Schematic 2 for all fones **
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** LED ON: BOX OFF **
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FROM >---------------GREEN-> TO
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LINE >------- ---RED--> FONE
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! LED !
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-->/<--!>--
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! !
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---/\/\/---
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1.8k
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Parts: 1 1.8k 1/2 watt resistor
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1 1.5v LED
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1 DPST switch
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Here is the PC board layout that I
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recommend using. It is neat and is
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very easy to hook up.
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Schematic #1 Schematic #2
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************** ****************
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* * * ------- *
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* --<LED>--- * * ! ! *
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* ! ! * * ! <SWITCH> *
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* RESISTOR ! * * ! ! ! *
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* ! ! * * ! ! / *
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* -------- ! * * ! ! \ *
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* ! ! * * ! <LED>! / *
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* --SWITCH-- * * ! ! \ *
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* ! ! * * ! ! / *
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L * ! ! * F L * ! ! ! * F
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I>RED- -RED>O I>RED- ---RED>O
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N>-----GREEN---->N N>-----GREEN------>N
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E * h * E E * * E
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************** ****************
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Once you have hooked up all the
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parts, you must figure out what set of
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wires go to the line and which go to
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the fone. This is because of the fact
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that LED's must be put in, in a certain
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direction. Depending on which way you
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put the LED is what controls what wires
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are for the line & fone.
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How to find out:
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Hook up the box in one direction
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using one set of wires for line and the
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other for fone.
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*NOTE* For Model I switch should be OFF.
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*NOTE* For Model ][ switch should be
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set to side connecting the led.
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Once you have hooked it up, then
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pick up the fone and see if the LED is
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on. If it is, the LED will be lit. If
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is doesn't light then switch the wires
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and try again. Once you know which are
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which then label them. *NOTE* - If
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neither directions worked then your
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switch was in the wrong position. Now
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lable the switch in its current
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position as BOX ON.
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How to use it:
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The purpose of this box is not to
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poeple who call you so it would make
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sence that it can only be used to
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receive! calls. When the box is *ON*
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then you may only recieve calls. Your
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fone will ring like normal and the LED
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on the box will flash. If you answer
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the fone now, then the LED will
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light and the caller will not be charged.
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Hang up the fone after you are done
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talking like normal. You will not be
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able to get a dial-tone or call when
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the box is on, so turn the box *OFF*
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for normal calls. I don't recommend
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that you leave it on all the time, as
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you don't want it to answer when Ma
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Bell calls!
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from Plover-Net
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(xxx) xxx-xxxx
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