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Well, I just ordered a "BT Openreach Master Sockets NTE5a", but quite literally my setup is just using a "faceplate" connected directly to the outside cable. I also read on the ADSL nation that you are not meant to replace the Master Socket with the faceplate so I will be fixing this as soon...

Thanks both for your replies, I will try to wire my phone up through the 2 and 5 connections and I am ordering up a master socket... : ) But what confuses me at the moment is why everything even works!, and as it is working, is it working in a very poor quality way? (i.e. would I expect...

Hi There all, I have my phone line coming straight in to my socket (there is nothing in between). I bought an "ADSL nation" XTE-2005 (I think that is what it is). It has the following connections: 2, 3, 5, A, B. The electrician left me a cable with four coloured wires: White, Brown...