How to Build a SILVER BOX ======================================= ATTENTION: BE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO SOLDER! THIS COULD PERMENANTLY DAMAGE YOUR PHONE!!! READ EVERYTHING BEFORE DOING ANYTHING! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ingreadients: 1 Blue wire about 1 foot. 1 Gray wire about 1 foot. 1 Brown wire about 1 foot. (Better to overkill....) 1 Single pole/Double throw (SPDT) switch. (Smallest you can find.) 1 Standard bell phone. Tools: 1 Soldering Iron and Solder. 1 flat-tip screwdriver. 1 Very patcient person. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1: Take the casing off your phone by loosening the two screws underneath it. (Don't take the screws all the way off!) 2: Loosen (But don't remove) the screws on the side of the touch- tone keypad. (The ones that attach it to the mounting bracket.) and CAREFULLY remove the keypad from the mounting bracket. 3: You will notice a plastic cover on the keypad; seperate the two halves and get the out of your way. (Don't destroy them, you will need them later.) 4: Now, look at the top of the pad (so the 123 row is facing away, and the *0# row is toward you. Turn over the keypad. You should see a mass of wires, gold plated contacts, discrete components, and two large doughnut shaped black thingies. (These are the coils hat make the touch-tone frequencies. All you are going to do is connect the wires that Ma Bell "Forgot" to.) 5: Look at the coil on the left (with 5 solder contacts facing you, rather than being perpendicular to you.) Count over 4 contacts FROM the left (or 2 conacts FROM the right) and solder the GRAY wire to the fourth post FROM the left. 6: Solder the other end of the GRAY wire to the LEFT pole of the SPDT switch. 7: (The point of no return).......... Take a look at the bottom edge of the keypad. You should see a row of three gold plated contacts (to the right of two very large capasitors) look at the one on the left and GENTELY seperate the two touching connectors (They are soldered together with a drop of solder) and spread them apart. 8: Solder the brown wire to the top contact (The one futhest from you), and solder it to the RIGHT pole of SPDT switch. 9: Now, take the blue wire and solder it to the bottom (Closest) contact. Solder the other end of this wire to the CENTER pole of SPDT switch. *************************************** DONE *************************************** 10: Now put you phone back together. (To make it look professonal, make a hole in the plastic top of your phone and stick the SPDT switch through it. Now, (Hopefully) when the switch is in on position you will have a normal phone and when it is in the other position the 3, 6, 9, and # keys (Which are now the A, B, C, and D keys) will magically produce the SILVER BOX TONES! Have Phun and Happy Phreaking, Agrajag -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Brought to you by: AGRAJAG and -=%> The Hitchhikers <%=- Bring your towel --------------------------------------- =================================== USING A SILVER BOX ----------------------------------- First off, a silver box adds the four extra tones to your phone that Ma Bell never told you about. They go like this: 1 2 3 A 4 5 6 B 7 8 9 C * 0 # D There used to be many places were you could use SILVER BOX tones, but now you can only use it in places were Ma Bell hasn't gotten around to replacing here old switchboxes, (4A), or on Autovan. Autovan is a special military phone line, like a mass of private lines hooked together (I think, but I'm not sure). To see if a specific area has the old 4A switchboxes try this test: Call up there directory assistance by using XXX-555-1212, (Where XXX is the area code you are check out. Now hold down the "D" key as soon as you finish dialing. (If you are using the SILVER BOX that I showed you how to make; Switch to SILVER BOX tones and hold down the "#" key.) The phone should start ringing and the operator will answer. If the operator screams at you to stop pressing your keypad, then hang up and try a diffrent areacode. (This one does not work.) If you get a pulsing tone the you got a good line! Now try out different numbers. 6 and 7 usually form a loop line and two people with SILVER BOXES can talk. But some of these are whatched, so DON'T say anything you wouldn't want your mother to hear! I have heard the 213 works but is being watched. Try out of the way states like Iowa, Monatana, Wyoming, ect... Have Phun, Agrajag ----------------------------------- Brought to you by: Agrajag and -=%> The Hitchhikers <%=- =================================== *************************************** * * * How to build a BLACK BOX * * * *************************************** To all who dare -- What is a BLACK BOX? A BLACK BOX is a device that is hooked up to your fone that fixes your fone so that when you get a call, the caller doesn't get charged for the call. This is good for calls up to 1/2 hour, after 1/2 hour the Fone Co. gets suspicious, and then you can guess what happens. The way it works: What this little beauty does is keep the line voltage from dropping to 10v when you answer your fone. The line is insted kept at 36v and it will make the fone think that it is still ringing while your talking. The reason for the 1/2 hour time limit is that the Fone CO. thinks that something is wrong after 1/2 an hour of ringing. All parts are available Radio Shack. Using the least possible parts and arangement, the cost is $0.98 !!!! And that is parts for two of them! Talk about a deal! If you want to splurge then you can get a small PC board, and a switch. There are two schematics for this box, one is for most normal fones. The second one is for fones that don't work with the first. It was made for use with a Bell Trimline touch tone fone. ** Schematic 1 for most fones ** ** LED ON: BOX ON ** FROM >--------------------GREEN-> TO LINE >--! 1.8k LED !---RED--> FONE !--/\/\/\--!>--! ! ! ------>/<------- SPST Parts: 1 1.8k 1/2 watt resistor 1 1.5v LED 1 SPST switch You may just have two wires which you connect together for the switch. ** Schematic 2 for all fones ** ** LED ON: BOX OFF ** FROM >---------------GREEN-> TO LINE >------- ---RED--> FONE ! LED ! -->/<--!>-- ! ! ---/\/\/--- 1.8k Parts: 1 1.8k 1/2 watt resistor 1 1.5v LED 1 DPST switch Here is the PC board layout that I recommend using. It is neat and is very easy to hook up. Schematic #1 Schematic #2 ************** **************** * * * ------- * * ----- * * ! ! * * ! ! * * ! * * RESISTOR ! * * ! ! ! * * ! ! * * ! ! / * * -------- ! * * ! ! \ * * ! ! * * ! ! / * * --SWITCH-- * * ! ! \ * * ! ! * * ! ! / * L * ! ! * F L * ! ! ! * F I>RED- -RED>O I>RED- ---RED>O N>-----GREEN---->N N>-----GREEN------>N E * h * E E * * E ************** **************** Once you have hooked up all the parts, you must figure out what set of wires go to the line and which go to the fone. This is because of the fact that LED's must be put in, in a certain direction. Depending on which way you put the LED is what controls what wires are for the line & fone. How to find out: Hook up the box in one direction using one set of wires for line and the other for fone. *NOTE* For Model I switch should be OFF. *NOTE* For Model ][ switch should be set to side connecting the led. Once you have hooked it up, then pick up the fone and see if the LED is on. If it is, the LED will be lit. If is doesn't light then switch the wires and try again. Once you know which are which then label them. *NOTE* - If neither directions worked then your switch was in the wrong position. Now lable the switch in its current position as BOX ON. How to use it: The purpose of this box is not to poeple who call you so it would make sence that it can only be used to receive! calls. When the box is *ON* then you may only recieve calls. Your fone will ring like normal and the LED on the box will flash. If you answer the fone now, then the LED will light and the caller will not be charged. Hang up the fone after you are done talking like normal. You will not be able to get a dial-tone or call when the box is on, so turn the box *OFF* for normal calls. I don't recommend that you leave it on all the time, as you don't want it to answer when Ma Bell calls! from Plover-Net (xxx) xxx-xxxx