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Thread ID: 90383 2008-06-01 04:22:00 MASTER ADSL FILTER QUERY A Team (13613) Press F1
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674530 2008-06-01 04:22:00 Hi . Have any of you used or had experience of wired-in master ADSL filter, ST551, apparently marketed by Marque Magnetics, NZ? I want to know a bit more about it before I get one . For example Cory's have them ($79) but no instructions as to how to install, and varying commentary from the 'experts' there .

Ideally, I'd like to get my hands on some instructions, before purchase to see if my queries are answered .

The instructions on the outside of the unit (such as they are) appear contradictory ('org / wht pair to both line & data wiring') (2 wires can't connect to four points) ( . marque-magnetics . co . nz/telcoproducts . htm" target="_blank">www . marque-magnetics . co . nz)??

Can unit be installed behind the jackpoint that phone & ADSL will be split at, (and will filter all household jackpoints) rather than installing it right back at the first point the cable enters the house, then having to run ADSL cable right back to that point?

Or, is it installed where the line comes in, and then all jacks in the house are filtered and you merely take the ADSL stream off (split ADSL from phone) at the jackpoint you want to use??

Any knowledge / assistance, helpful .

Cheers 		A Team (13613)
674531 2008-06-01 04:31:00 Why dont you click on contact on that site to find out?

The phone # is on it 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
674532 2008-06-01 04:36:00 Thanks, SG.

Already logged a 'contact'. I'm sure they'll say that their product is excellent! 		A Team (13613)
674533 2008-06-01 05:38:00 Or, is it installed where the line comes in, and then all jacks in the house are filtered

yes and then you run a new pair from before the splitter back to where you want the modem to be.

So at the end of the day, ALL phones and burglar alarms are working THRU the splitter and the modem is NOT.


(2 wires can't connect to four points)
This means that the splitter is connected across the line in parallel 		decibel (11645)
674534 2008-06-01 05:41:00 Can unit be installed behind the jackpoint that phone & ADSL will be split at, (and will filter all household jackpoints) rather than installing it right back at the first point the cable enters the house, then having to run ADSL cable right back to that point?

Or, is it installed where the line comes in, and then all jacks in the house are filtered and you merely take the ADSL stream off (split ADSL from phone) at the jackpoint you want to use??


Cheers

It can be installed behind the jackpoint where the phone and ADSL are split, if all the phones in the house come off that jackpoint. After all, that point is just a few feet further down the line than the point where the line comes in to the house. 		rumpty (2863)
674535 2008-06-01 06:03:00 The filter they are selling is the filter Telecom installs for all their splitter installs. The line from the street connects to the or/wh pair in combo with the line to your adsl jack, the blue/wh pair goes to the rest of the house wiring i.e. to your alarm and back if you have one and on to the rest of your phones. fujitsu (13819)
674536 2008-06-01 10:56:00 A Team,
Master filter is so-called because it filters all your phones together.
To do that it must be installed in the line before the first phone in the chain.
That means taking a separate pair from before the filter and on to your modem/computer room.
If you want to be able to use your modem anywhere in the house then you need a mini (~$15) filter on each and every outlet - except the one for the modem. (In this case the outlet used for the modem can handle a phone if you use the mini filter with small socket for modem and standard socket for phone.)
Whichever way you wire it, the modem must not be "filtered" and every phone/fax must be filtered. 		coldot (6847)
674537 2009-03-18 03:53:00 I realise this thread was sometime ago, but I actually have a similar query . I have an ST550 ADSL splitter - blue and white wires one side and orange and white on the other . Also have a monitored alarm and SKY and want to connect to broadband - so I would appreciate if someone can confirm my understanding of the connection process .

Before the first jackpoint into the house do the wires from the street (an orange and white) connect to the orange and white wires on the splitter? And the blue and white wires on the splitter connect to the home phone, which services the alarm, sky and telephone/fax?

So, that leaves me with the connection of the ADSL jack - how does this connect to the splitter?

Appreciate your help .

Ronnie 		ronnie (13820)
674538 2009-03-18 06:27:00 I realise this thread was sometime ago, but I actually have a similar query . I have an ST550 ADSL splitter - blue and white wires one side and orange and white on the other . Also have a monitored alarm and SKY and want to connect to broadband - so I would appreciate if someone can confirm my understanding of the connection process .

Before the first jackpoint into the house do the wires from the street (an orange and white) connect to the orange and white wires on the splitter? And the blue and white wires on the splitter connect to the home phone, which services the alarm, sky and telephone/fax?

So, that leaves me with the connection of the ADSL jack - how does this connect to the splitter?

Appreciate your help .

Ronnie

You are correct .
Basically you need to split the incoming line pair into two pair .
One pair goes into the orange/white pair on the ADSL splitter and the other pair goes to your broadband modem .
The blue/white pair from the ADSL splitter then goes to your alarm panel which should have an output to go the phone lines/sky/fax etc . 		CYaBro (73)
674539 2009-03-18 06:50:00 To clarify further you will run a CAT5 or CAT6 cable using just one twisted pair in the cable, from the orange/white pairs to a jack point that you will plug the adsl modem into.

A junction box is a good idea for these 3 pairs of wires.

The jack point can be an RJ11 socketed wall plate that takes the modular plug from the modem, or an RJ45 wall plate will do also, the socket is bigger (for ethernet cable plug) but the smaller modular plug will fit. 		Terry Porritt (14)
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