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AT&T Private Pay Phone Plus
February, 1988
3. Removing and Replacing the Handset
To Remove the Handset:
1. Turn power OFF.
2. Refer to Figure 23.
3. Disconnect the red, green, yellow, and black handset leads from the terminal board.
Be sure you retighten screws where other leads are still connected.
4. Loosen the cord stay-hook screw and remove the cord stay-hook.
5. Remove handset strain relief brackets by removing the cover plate mounting screw.
6. Extract handset cord through hole in faceplate. (First feed the four spade tip leads
through, then the cylindrical fitting on the end of the wire rope.)
To Install a New Handset:
1. Refer to Figure 23.
2. Insert new handset cord through hole in faceplate. (First feed the cylindrical fitting on
the end of the wire rope through, then the four spade tip leads.)
3. Attach the hose retainer to the metal hose of the handset cord, sliding the crimp at the
end of the hose into the hose retainer slot.
4. Position the other two brackets next to the hose retainer with the larger one
restraining the wire rope.
5. Make sure the braided ground strap is attached under the coverplate mounting screw
head. Attach the strain relief assembly coin dial unit.
6. Tighten the cord stay-hook screw.
7. Connect the 4 handset leads to the terminal board as follows:
Lead Color Terminal Number
Red 15
Green 3
Yellow 8
Black 4
8. Turn power back ON.
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