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From: jsf007@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Cable - Behind the times - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 12-Oct-83 21:52:55 EDT
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trsvax!jsf007    Oct 11 08:21:00 1983

It sounds to me like you have one of those cable companies that requires
a decoder in the subscriber's home.  Some cable companies simply filter
out the channels that the subscriber does not pay for, but it sounds like
your carrier sends all the premium channels and gives you a decoder for the
ones you want (all the decoders are in the single box you have).  But to the
business at hand...

I had a similar problem when I lived in another city.  The solution costs
money (not too much, though).  I will assume that your TV as well as your
VCR are cable ready.  First, the incoming cable signal is input to a splitter.
You would want a two out, one in splitter.  Run a lead from one of the splitter 
outputs to the coax input on the VCR.  Then hookup the VCR to the TV the way
you would in the pre-cable days.  The other splitter output goes to the input
of the of the decoder.  The output of the decoder goes into another piece
of hardware -- a up converter (some call it a modulator).  Its purpose is
to take the VHF band and modulate it up the UHF band (so the channel 3 output
of the cable box becomes channel 34 or something).  You will probably need
a 75 to 300 hundred ohm balun to connect the ouput of the up converter to the
VCR UHF input.  To watch your premium channels, tune in channel 34 and then
select the cable channel of your choice on the cable box.

I hope this helps...

				Steve Fintel
				...!trsvax!jsf007