TAE connector

TAE (Telekommunikations-Anschluss-Einheit) is the German standard for telephone plugs and sockets.


The standard covers two TAE types: F ("Fernsprechgerät": for telephones) and N ("Nebengerät": for other devices such as answering machines and modems).

Pin-out
 Pin Name Used for                          Color of the wire1   La   Exchange line a                    White2   Lb   Exchange line b                    Brown3   W    Line for external bell (obsolete since mid-1990s)                             Green4   E    Line for ground connection, used to request an external connection in very old telephone installations      Yellow5   a2   Line a, looped through the telecommunication device      Pink6   b2   Line b, looped through the telecommunication device    Gray

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