Merlin 3070 Service And Maintenance Manual page 117

The modular plug permits an 8-
conductor, 22-24 gauge, inside
wire (DIW) cable to be plugged
into a modular jack.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Remove about 3 inches of
the cable cover from the
cable.
2.
Hold the top piece of the
plug so that you see the
numbers 1 through 8 as
shown in Figure 1.
TOP
Figure 1
3. Insert the white-orange
wire in channel number 1,
and bend the wire up in the
notch so that the wire does
not slide out (see Figure 2).
WHITE-ORANGE
WIRE
Figure 2
Note: There are two threads
among the colored
wires (a red one and a
white one). You may cut
these off to get them
out of the way.
4. Insert and bend the re-
maining wires in their re-
spective channels as you
(700A8) MODULAR PLUG
did in Step 3. The se-
quence of wire colors is
coded by number:
(1) White-Orange
(2) Orange
(3) White-Green
(4) Blue
(5) White-Blue
(6) Green
(7) White-Brown
(8) Brown.
5.
When you have all eight
wires in their correctly
numbered holes, push and
pull on them so that the
outer cable cover is close
to the sharp plastic edge
as shown in Figure 3.
PULL
SHARP PLASTIC
PUSH
Figure 3
6. While holding the outer ca-
ble cover close to the
sharp plastic edge, bend all
eight wires up again (at the
end of each notch) and cut
them off close to the edge
(see Figure 4).
SHARP PLASTIC
Figure 4
7. Place the bottom piece on
a flat surface. Position the
top piece on the bottom
piece; insert the screw and
tighten a few turns to hold
the pieces together (see
Figure 5).
BOTTOM
8. Using a pair of pliers,
squeeze the two parts to-
gether to make both physi-
cal and electrical connec-
EDGE
tions (see Figure 6).
OUTER CABLE
COVER
9.
Finish tightening the screw
to hold the parts together.
EDGE
OUTER CABLE
COVER
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LOCKING TAB
RELEASE
TOP
Figure 5
Figure 6