Switching socket for an already filtered one?

JustAnotherSaver

We had a new master socket put in this week...



Yes they installed it squint & more squint than i've made it appear in that photo :mad:

But anyway. We also took out BT Infinity fibre broadband as part of the same deal.

Due to where it's located i don't want a microfilter flapping about in the wind.
Is there a way of having this socket so the filtering is done within the socket?

I googled & found an NTE5 MK2



But it looks like the top is part of the socket that's secured to the wall.


Is it a calling out BT again job or is it a do it yourself job?

If i can sort this myself then what am i looking for?

Thanks.

snab

If you can find one to buy online then its a case of taking the faceplate off leaving the extensions (if any) attached and slotting the new filter in on top of the main nte then putting the faceplate on top of the new filter.

In simple terms:

The main nte doesn't get removed from the back box.
The new filter sits on top and is a kind of dog leg shape
The original faceplate fits on top of the new filter.

HTH

JustAnotherSaver

Would this thing be any good...
http://www.solwise.co.uk/adsl_splitters-faceplates.htm

Owain_Moneysaver

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

We had a new master socket put in this week...

I googled & found an NTE5 MK2
...
But it looks like the top is part of the socket that's secured to the wall.

The interstitial faceplate is a third 'layer' that fits between the back part of the NTE5, and the removable front part where you fit your extensions:



The Mk II is available here (and many other suppliers). There's also a Mk III version which may make a difference (improve or otherwise) depending on local conditions.

JustAnotherSaver

I'll be honest, i've had to google AND YouTube "how to install Nte5 MK2" and "changing nte5 mk1 for a nte5 mk2" as i don't really get what you're saying.

Unfortunately there appears to be no how to guide on google or youtube.

I guess it may be easier to understand if i had one of these in my hand, but are you saying the bottom faceplate stays as it is, but the top faceplate is unscrewed & then a new faceplate with RJ11 socket is put in its place?


Do i have to wire anything at all? Or is it just unscrew, lift off, put on, re-screw?


It only just got put in this weekend, i don't want to go butchering wires.


EDIT: Bit of a dopey moment. I've just noticed the part that says no rewiring required. Should be doable then

EDIT x2: Just found this... http://www.claritybroadband.co.uk/vdsl_nte5_adaptor_faceplate.htm

Scrounger

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Pincher

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

But anyway. We also took out BT Infinity fibre broadband as part of the same deal.
the wall.

When they put in BT Infinity for me, they came and replaced the old Master socket with a new one. There are two sockets, one VDSL for the broadband modem, and one regular phone socket. The output connection for extension sockets are already filtered, so there is no need for filter dongles at the extension sockets.


The drawback is, you cannot plug the modem in extension sockets. Obviously, you need to arrange to have the master socket where you want to have the modem.


I suspect you wanted to use an extension socket for plugging in the modem, which means the engineer could not replace the old master socket, which does allow the VDSL signal to propagate to ALL the extension sockets. This is not ideal, as the extra cables act as antennae, and pick up noise and interference, which can reduce your broadband speed.


Since you are already complaining about unsightly dongles, what you obviously want is hidden cables. BT should have put a junction box in front of your house, This is called variously an omnibox, dropbox etc.. The BT cable from the dropbox to the master socket is a black four core cable.


Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to run this black cable from the drop box to a position where you want to site the modem. Not always your study, because you want the signal to reach all corners of the house, and maybe the back garden.


If you just call the BT engineer, he will happily run tack 20 meters of black cable up and down your house, making it look like Frankenstein's monster. It drove me crazy for years.


By the way, avoid running next to mains cables, main interference. If you get mains interference on speaker cables, your life is over. Because there is an existing path, my builders ALWAYS pull all the cables through the same holes. No matter how much shouting and threats of murder, they will do it again as soon as you are not looking.

JustAnotherSaver

I ordered a MK2 since i'd read enough negatives about the MK3 & didn't want to chance it.

Pincher - No i didn't want to use an extension socket. We also had no master socket until he installed this one. That's why he was out. They didn't install one as part of the infinity deal & just assumed i had one (because everyone had one, right?).

The install on the outside isn't the nicest. I had no annual leave left so had my mum sit at the house. Aside from installing the master socket a little squint the inside is tidy enough.
The outside has wire trailing over the middle of the house. Looks unsightly to me. Done tidily but not great location. I'd have had it running along the top of the house hidden around the fascia board (ok more upping & downing on ladders for him) & run directly down to where it's to go in.