How do you connect the phone jack wires to a phone cord if its broken?

Question

ook, so my phone jack has no cover, there are two sets of wires taped seperately which have four wires in each group. i need to know how i can connect my cord phone to the wires so it will work, there are four diff colors on the wall jack, and two groups, but from what i can see inside of the little plastic thing at the end of the phone cord, there is only a red and a green wire, what do i do to connect them??? which wires go with which??

Answer 1

Basically, match the colors.  The little plastic thing at the end of the phone cord is a quick disconnect and has to be inserted into a wall jack with a corresponding receptacle.  Wal Mart, Home Depot, Ace Hardware all carry telephone supplies.  Get a new wall jack and replace the old one.  Again, match the wire colores.

Answer 2

As you said there are 4 wires on the wall. They should be black, green, red, and yellow. Just get the green and red wires. Connect these wires to your cord phone line. These wires can be reverse, so you don't have to worry about it.

If the wall jack has different wire colors, just find a pair that can produce a dial tone when you connect them to your phone. Do trial and error. Don't worry you wont get shocked unless someone will call your number. The ringer signal has a little shocking current.