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Old 12.05.2010, 10:11
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Re: Bakelite telephone, how to connect it up for everyday use.

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While Higa may not have read my whole post so very thoroughly, I do appreciate that they exhumed my shelved query, I now have all these excellent tips to go on and am sure I'll be able to get it going in the near future thanks to all these leads.

I'm absolutely delighted, I thought it was destined to be my "hotline to God", forever more, cheers all

P.S. It is genuine ( I wouldn't have asked otherwise and the fake ones I expect, would have the appropriate modifications).
It's also just got a raw cable with two separating wires with metal "U's" on the end, so Amogles, you are a champion for your answers, muchas gracias.
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You're very lucky that the cable is still attached. Attaching a new cable to the phone is the difficult bit (I'm speaking from experience). Attaching a plug to the cable is far easier. In fact the cable has only two wires. The plug has four prongs but only two are actually used (can't remember which ones) and once you have identified these, it doesn't actually matter which cable goes where as the phone works either way.
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