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Which would only sort of work. You'd have to make sure you use only one pair cabling to each set, and you'd loose half of the capacity of the system..AND, your extensions would skip (21, 23, 25, instead of 21, 22, 23). They can be renumbered, but it's sort of a pain for such a small system,

i wouldnt mind if they skipped. i will have everything speed dialed by key anyway..... the one that i pointed out (the harmonica) says RJ-11, if im not mistaken (but probably am) its a 6 position 2 conductor (1 pair).

i got a reply.. the cartridge on the system says as follows....

Cartridge is labeled as follows (NO DR#)

02
NT5B10CA
0400279003
Warranty Expiration Aug 2001
Capacity 6 x 16

is this DR5?

[This message has been edited by topher (edited July 10, 2005).]

I forgot how to read the labels, but i THINK that it's a DR2 (that's what the 02 stands for). Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

I don't think that harmonica adaptor is what you're looking for (it says its a 6x4, so 4, six conductor jacks). I'd say keep looking.

I found this: https://www.phonegeeks.com/noname1.htm
but it's $108! I also tried this: https://www.phonegeeks.com/25pairbreakb1.html one time (select 5, 1 pair jacks from the drop down menu), but they got things mixed up and I never wound up with a 1 pair adaptor, just a 2 pair adaptor for 1A2 systems (not much help for the CO jack on my Starplus).

[This message has been edited by codasco704 (edited July 10, 2005).]

[This message has been edited by codasco704 (edited July 10, 2005).]

I searched the part number, and it's acutally a DR1 cartridge.

You can buy a DR5 cartridge, but if you're dealing over ebay, it might be cheaper to buy a KSU that comes with DR5. (A seperate cartridge will be, at the very least $100 from a chaper online source)

[This message has been edited by codasco704 (edited July 10, 2005).]

thanks soooooo much. i will be back on the board on tuesday so i will keep looking because i dont want to get a DR1.

alright.... im back on the board. the 25-pair break out box on phonegeeks.com wouldnt be bad... i am still looking for a good norstar system that runs pretty cheap. i already have some phones picked out, they are M7310's. i am talking to a seller about getting DR5 software with one of his units..... (still waiting for a call.)

by the way thanks a lot!! especially codasco704!!!

No problem!

The M7310's are a good choice. The M7208's don't have enough buttons, and the M7324's have too many. The newer T models aren't as sturdy either.

If you had talked to me about 6 months ago I could have sold you a 3x8 DR%. Oh well. I just realized that it was really dumb for me to buy that merlin system. So now I'm going to have to sell the Vodavi....hopefully I'll make some money on it though, the Merlin was underpriced.

Why dont you just hire so meone to put it in the right way. for the amount to buy one of those silly pre-made blocks a real phone man can give you close to an hour of labor.

yeah it would've been good to have talked to ya 6 months ago... geez these nortel prices are wild... i found a meridian with some M7310's with it for about $100 but thought i would ask, how bout them meridians? are they any good? can i use norstar phones? i found one that looks like a box with jacks in the back no amphenol connectors at all but it looks like they are all RJ-45 connectors. i have no clue where to look for a software version, or if the meridians even have a different software cartridge. the system has a label on it that wasys wellfleet communications. im open for any comments...

Meridian and Norstar are completely different systems (though sometimes Norstar is referred to as Meridian Norstar). Meridian is a full blown PBX system, which will obviously cost you much much much more than a Norstar, not to mention far more complex. Only phones compatible with Norstar are the M7 and T7 model phones. M2 and others are only for Meridian PBX's.