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- pirating cable t.v.
- #3
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- composed by:
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- logic god
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- ***cable converters***
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- first, a plea. i need a <real> recipe for nitrous oxide. (laughing gas.) if
- anyone knows where i can get one, or has a file on "how to", !please! con- tact
- me at k.a.o.s.-215- 465-3593, or leave it on a few of the more popular ae
- lines. thank you.
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- cable converters:required knowledge.
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- 1. most scrambled cable channels are transmitted either between channel 13 and
- channel 14 ('midband' transmit- ting) or below channel 2 ('superband'
- transmitting. thus, if you recieve the cut rate bottom of the line cable ser-
- vice (such as the 3 networks and a few community stations) you may never even
- get a chance to see the scrambled chan- nels, let alone try to unscramble them.
- hence, we usher in the <<cable conver- ter>>. these are nothing new or il-
- legal, mind you, they can be purchased at radio shack. they were originally
- intended for the video cassette recor- der owner (that is, the ones that are
- sold on the open market.) his rented cable converter and unscrambler, usu- ally
- combined in the same tvtop box, were busy faithfully unscrambling and
- converting to channel 3 the prog- ram he was currently watching. however, if he
- wanted to tape something on an !un!scrambled channel that was transmitted in
- the midband or superband mode, he was up shit creek, because he had no way to
- get the signal down to a frequency his tv or vcr could recieve. but if he
- hooked up his little radio shack converter, presto! he was set.
-
- 2. now is a good time to make clear an important point. cable converters do
- !not! unscramble a scrambled signal, they merely move it to a frequency the
- tv/unscrambler/vcr/whatever can get a hold of it. there is lots of space bet-
- ween channels 13 and 14-it is the div- iding line between vhf and uhf. there
- are places in there your tv just can't get to.
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- 3. here comes another point: those of you with 'cable ready' tvs think you're
- home free now, eh? no. while a cable ready tv will let you view any mid and
- superband channels that you may unknowingly recieve, the scrambled ones are
- still scrambled. so what do you need now? an unscrambler, of course.
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- 4. it may be necessary to explain what is actually happening in your boxes that
- you rent from the cable co. thus: ----- if you have bothered to pay extra for
- any scrambled channels, you are given an unscrambler and converter by the cable
- co. for which you gladly pay rent in addition to your cable fee. this is
- usually a brown box that comes in several styles, expounded upon below:
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- digital with remote: a small box upon your tv, with a digital display of the
- channel you are watching. you have a trusty remote, and zap away at will.
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- knob style: a box or non-wireless rem- ote with a large knob on it. it, of
- course, selects what channel you are watching.
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- switchboard style: a 9" x 5" (or so) board with several 3 position vertic- ally
- moving switches. what the hell do these do? you'll never guess.
-
- the kind without any switches: (now how will i operate my digital watch?) this
- is called a block converter. more on these later.
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- what is going on: ahhh, the good part. what happens here is this: now matter
- what system you have (except for the last- ignore that for now.) in some way
- you select a channel. the cable converter runs off, finds this chan- nel, and
- yanks it down to channel 3 (or 2, or 4, whatever your cable co. uses.) where
- your tv is waiting for it. (yes, thats why you put your tv on the same channel
- and change channels with the knob, remote, or whatever.) now, if it's a
- scrambled channel, and yo are authorized to recieve it, the signal is rerouted
- through a small un- scrambler. (a note: cable scrambling methods are piddly
- little hindrances; for a real bitch of a scrambler see the ssavi system,
- explained in part 2.) the signal is again spat out at channel 3, and your tv
- glows happily away, dis- playing your mid or superband channel.
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- 5. at this point, a question may by nudging around your temporal lobes now.
- something along the lines of " how do i get cable tv without paying for it,
- dammit??" well, here we go. you look up that place i mentioned in part ii.
- (address & phone# at end) just fork over your $30 (or someone else's credit
- card) and get one of these nifty little unscramblers. now, mind you, the cable
- co. wants it's (your?) money more than you think, and will be rather upset if
- they find you doing any of this shit, so take care. here's how to hook up your
- un- scrambler:
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- first, adjust the unscrambler to rec- ieve the channel your tv is set on to
- recieve a signal fron the cable box. next, send the output of the real box to
- the unscrambler, and the output of the unscrambler to the tv. you're all set!
- just sit back and watch those porn flicks pour in.
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- 6. if you change channels with your tv set, and you don't have a box, get a
- cable converter and an unscram- bler. your service is too basic to rate a
- converter, so you have to get one. just make sure it has some sort of channel
- selector on it-all selected channels must be output on the same channel so the
- unscrambler can unscra- mble them. sorry.
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- 7. how to make this much easier on yourself: there is a much easier way to do
- all of this shit, but you sacrifice ease for legality. that is, even though
- what you would have done if i wasn't telling you this was illegal, this is more
- illegal. but let's be realistic- does anyone give a shit of any size
- whatsoever? no. of course not. therefore: ----------
-
- beating the cable co. at thier own game is easier than you would think.
- firstly, call up your cable co.'s customer (hee hee) service number, and tell
- them what optional channels you currently subscribe to, and ask them if you
- would have to get a new box if you wanted to add some channels. chan- ces are
- they will say no, because most of the boxes have a small computer in them which
- can be told over the cable what you are authorized to recieve, (neat, huh?).
- this is the same comput- er which decides wether the channel you want to watch
- gets sent to the unscr- ambler portion of the box or not. so if they say no,
- you're in good shape. if they say yes, you are in a little bit better shape
- than if they say no. if they say no, this means they change your authorizations
- inside the box by changing hardware- that is, connecting sets of wires.
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- how to change your authorizations:(yay) first, the hardware boxes-they're
- easier. according to some people i've talked to, the cable companies get highly
- (very) pissed off if you play with thier boxes, so you have to get hold of one
- they don't know you have- remember, they will want your rented box back when
- you move and will get unhappy if you have been monkeying with it. getting a
- box: a. steal one. b. say somebody stole yours, your dog shat upon it, or
- whatever. c. find some unethical person (druggie) who will sell his for a few
- bucks.
-
- changing a hadware box: 1. open the box without destroy- ing it. this can be a
- real ch- allenge sometimes. while at the sheraton washington (wash, d.c.)
- attending the model un last year, i stole one from someone's room and tried to
- get it apart for about an hour so we could watch the flicks thst night- i gave
- up, got drunk, and threw it out of a window-no, it didn't break. (yes,
- incidentally, for any- one in the wash, d.c. area, there is one in every room
- of the sheraton washington. good point- ritzy hotels are great places to get
- those boxes.)
-
- 2. look for a small set of sock- ets, such as an integrated circuit socket
- without a chip in it. it will have wires in it instead. if you can't find one
- of those, look for a dip switch-these are the same size as an integrated
- circuit, fit in an ic socket, and have the same number of switches on it as
- pins on one side of the ic socket.
-
- 3. try to correspond the wires or the positions of the swit- ches with the
- channels you pay for. these wires or switches are how the box is programmed-
- try turning all of the switch- es on, and putting all of the wires in, and see
- if you get more channels. conversely, try removing wires and turning switches
- off.
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- cable programmed boxes: -----------------------
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- these are a bit more difficult. you have to try to seperate the three sections-
- computer, reciever(conveter) and unscrambler. when you isolate the computer
- section, just bypass it com- pletely. find the output of the conver- ter and
- the input of the unscrambler and just hook them together. as you can probably
- see, this just does not permit the computer to have a say in what gets
- unscrambled-incidentally, this will work for the hardware boxes, but it is
- usually pretty easy to find the little wiring panel/switchboard and you do not
- have to figure out what is what inside the unscrambler.
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- *************************************** well, i hope this helps, and if you
- desperately need to ask a question, you can get me at: k.a.o.s.-215 465 3593
- the church ae-215 386 0350 pw ataru and i will be glad to answer.
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- *************************************** here's the address i promised:
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- unscramblers
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- warning: this unscrambler will not work with those channels that make that
- obnoxious beeping noise. this is a gated sync un- scrambler. to find out if
- this will work in your area, get that good 'ol cust.service number and call and
- ask if they use suppr- essed horizontal sync as thier scrambling method. yes,
- they will tell you.
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- j & w electronics, inc.
- mansfield, ma.
- 02048
- fone:1 800 227 8529 (orders)
- 617 339 5372 (tech info)
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- well, thank you for sitting through 350 lines of my ravings. if you download
- this, please give it to all. up with the individual!
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- now if you'll excuse me, i'm going
- to kick back and smoke a marlboro.
-
- -=> good luck. <=-
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