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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Satellite Signal Scrambling, Cable TV Stereo
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Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 10:56:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 18 10:56:16 1986
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In article <8603150133.AA19989@seismo.CSS.GOV> WGRCU@CUNYVM.BITNET (Bill Rubin) writes:
>On another topic, stereo on cable TV. I always thought that MTV and VH-1
>were sent in MTS Stereo. Unfortunately, I don't seem to be getting it,
>either thru the cable box or directly into my cable-ready TV. A couple
>of the other cable stations seem to fade in and out of stereo (mostly out).
>Is this likely to be the local cable company, or the individual stations?
>The regular TV stations here that broadcast in stereo come in fine, so I
>sort of doubt it's the cable company (Cablevision LI).

When MTV first hit the cable air-waves, the stereo was broadcast on the FM
band only.  The only way that the cable company could have MTV was to also
place it on the FM band.  (I am not so sure about what they require now)
VH-1 is also on the FM band, but I don't know if FM Stereo is required by
the cable company.  Anyway, the only way you are going to get MTS is if
your cable company wants to spend the money on MTS encoders for the TV
channel.  It is cheaper to put it on the FM band, in stereo.  Also, the sound
quality is MUCH better on FM than it will ever be on MTS.  Try using a
splitter and send your cable signal to your FM receiver/tuner and listen
to what you get.  You may also find pay services there in stereo.

As far as the other cable services, fading in and out, I am not sure about
that.  Again, the cable company would have to install MTS encoders for those
channels.  

Because of the way that some pay services are scrambled, MTS stereo may
never exist for them, but then the cable company should put them up on
the FM band.

Call your cable company and ask what they have on the FM service.
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