VODAFONE
DIGITAL HUB
The Vodafone Digital Hub is similar in many ways to the BT Digital Hub but it has a couple of differences.

On the back of the hub (THD3000 model) are two analogue telephone sockets.  These are RJ11 sockets and the line appearance is on the centre two wires.  There are only two wires which means there is no master capacitor.  This means that a standard UK telephone will not ring!

If you only wish to connect one telephone then the quick fix is to use an old ADSL adaptor plugged between the hub socket and the telephone cord.

To connect the hub to your existing house wiring buy a cord with an RJ11 plug on one end and fit a Master socket with screw terminals, next to your original Master socket.

Most sockets, like the one mentioned above, require a special wire inserter tool but a company called Kenable can supply a Master Line Jack Unit No. 2/4A (code no. 004629) socket which has screw terminals.  It is advisable to purchase the screw type as you will be connecting the wires from the cord to them and the inserter type connectors do not like cord wires!.  Kenable also sell cords with a BT plug on one end and an RJ11 on the other.

Instructions

  1. Remove the lower part of the existing Master Jack socket.
  2. Undo the two screws and the plate will pull out from the socket.
  3. Your house wiring is connected to the back of this plate.  Make a note of what coloured wire goes to what numbered terminal.
  4. Now disconnect the house wiring from the front plate of the existing Master socket and then pull the cable out of the socket..
  5. Fit the new Master socket next the existing Master socket.
  6. Connect the house cable to new Master socket, using the same coloured wires and numbers as noted in step 3.
  7. Fit the new socket plate to the back box.
  8. Connect your new cable between the Vodafone Digital Hub and the new Master socket.
  9. Refit the plate back onto the old Master socket.  This socket will never be used.

If you wish to plug a telephone into the new Master socket then you must do one of the the following modifications.

  1. Purchase a plug in doubler.
    or
  2. Cut the BT plug off the end of the new line cord, find the two middle wires and connect these to screw terminals 2 and 5 on the back of the new Master socket.

 

 
 
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Last revised: March 11, 2024

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