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- Cable Descrambling
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- If you have cable TV but are not
- fortunate enough to have the Premium
- services, here is a simple way to steal
- Cinemax, The Movie Channel, Showtime,
- the Disney Channel, and any other
- service that appears as a bussing fuzzy
- picture (that you can ALMOST get
- clearly by fine tuning). This method
- also works on channels that appear as a
- lined flashing screen that produce a
- beeping sound. These channels are not
- scrambled, but instead a garbage
- transmission is sent at the same
- frequency. Therefore, in order to
- receive the movie servcices clearly,
- you must filter out the garbage.
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- Here is a simple way to do this:
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- Examine the back of your TV set.
- Find the VHF antenna terminals (these
- are the antenna terminals that the
- cable service is hooked up to). Get a
- piece of antenna wire (about 3 feet
- long). Strip one end of the wire and
- and attach it to the VHF terminals
- along with the cable. Tune in to one of
- the movie services and adjust the fine
- tuner until you get the cleanest
- picture. Cut off about 1/4 inch of the
- antenna wire and adjust the fine tuner.
- Continue to do this until you get a
- nearly perfect picture (you should not
- have to cut off more than 6 inches of
- the antenna wire). Get a piece of
- aluminum foil and wrap it around the
- antenna wire slide it up and down until
- you have a perfect picture. This is a
- simple yet effective way to get movies
- for free.
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- More in depth information on
- descramblers and converters may be
- obtained by writing CABLE FACTS, Box
- 711-R, Pataskala, OH 43062. They have
- an excellent publication available for
- $8.95.
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- Also write to RANDOM ACCESS, Box
- 41770R, Phoenix, AZ 85080. Ask for
- their Subscription TV Manual that deals
- with video scrambling techniques.
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