Black Box fmt700 User Manual

June 2010

FMT700

Shielded Category 6A Jack

Use these instructions to terminate your shielded

Category 6A jacks.

What’s Included

Your package should contain the following items. If any thing is missing or damaged,
contact Black Box Technical Suppor t at 724-746-5500 or [e-mail].

• Shielded Category 6A Jack

• Stuffer cap

• Cable tie

• This instruction sheet

Terminating the CAT 6A Jack

1. Strip and prepare your CAT 6A shielded bulk cable. Peel back the shielding foil and
drain wire. Wrap it around the cable jacket.

2. Remove excess Mylar® wrapping around the twisted pairs.

3. Slide the stuffer cap over the stripped cable just until the stuffer cap touches the
beginning of the cable jacket.

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4. Fan out the four pairs and line up each pair with the colors on the stuffer cap.

5. Remove the excess center cross filler to the stuffer cap base.

6. Untwist the colored pairs and lace the wires to the colored holes in the stuffer
cap.

7. Trim the excess wires down to the sides of the stuffer cap.

8. Open the butterfly doors on the CAT 6A jack body and press the stuffer cap to
the contacts on the jack, making sure to match the colors on the stuffer cap to
the colors on the jack body.

9. Press hard.

10. Close the CAT 6A jack butterfly doors to help force the wires into the jack body

contacts.

11. Wrap the included cable tie around the slot in the back of the CAT 6A jack.

Trademarks Used in this Manual

Black Box and the Double Diamond logo are registered trademarks of
BB Technologies, Inc.

Mylar is a registered trademark of Dupont Teijin Films.

Any other trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be
the property of the trademark owners.

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