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249 lines
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
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³ FROM THE ARCANE ARTS ³
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³ of ³
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³ AR-KANE ³
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³ COMPLETE ³
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³ A ^ Guide to Chicago Cable TV ³
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³a fuckin TCI communications company³
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Originally typed by AR-KANE
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MAJOR Editing by THE BEASTMASTER 1/91
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DISCLAIMER: THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THE AUTHOR, EDITOR
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TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE READER'S ACTIONS.
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First a list of premium channels (scrambled):
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15 is The Movie Channel (TMC)
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16 is just a scrambled HBO Bleedover till they figure some other purpose
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17 is Home Box Office (HBO)
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18 is Showtime (SHOW)
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22 is Disney (DIS)
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24-is Cinemax (MAX)
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If you do not have either HBO or SHOW then you are not getting the signal
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to begin with; it isn't scrambled just TRAPPED. Thus you must find where
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the installer's box is (usually Big and Green with over 25 cable's
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running into it and usually found in your on the telephone pole in your
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alley.) Trace the cable from your house, apt. (this is sometimes not
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necessary because the end cable's are marked with your apt or house.)
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Unscrew the cable and remove a TRAP cylinder, this is long and silver.
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and reconnect the cable.
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trap ÚÄÄ´ ÃÄÄ¿
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cylinderþ ÃÄ ³ ³ Ä´
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ÀÄÄ´ ÃÄÄÙ
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I would advise one rather than just removing the cylinder, you get a
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'dummy' trap and do a switcheroo with your real trap; thus no one is the
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wiser. This will obtain you both HBO and SHOW.
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The signal for DIS and TMC is JAMMED, that is, injected with garbage
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transmission at the box. This gives you a beeping noise and lines on
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that particular channel. To get DIS and TMC, you can take (if there is
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one) a very small cylinder from a neighbor's cable run that says PMO by
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PICO Co.; this is a filter for the DIS and TMC; also you may just use a
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Channel 3 notch filter, they both work. If you don't care about picture
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quality and want a quick, cheap alternative, do the following:
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Examine the back of the TV set and find the VHF antenna terminals. Get
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a piece of antenna wire (thin flat brown stuff NOT THE SUPER INSULATED
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TYPE, Radio Shack 15-004 is the best) and attach a three foot length to
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the VHF terminals (do not disconnect the matching transformer which
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the CATV cable is connected to.) Tune into TMC (15) or DIS (22) and
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adjust the fine tuner until you get the clearest picture. Cut off about
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1/4" of the antenna wire and adjust the fine tuner again. Continue to
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do this until you get a good picture. (YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CUT OFF
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MORE THAN 6" OF THE ANTENNA WIRE.) Get a piece of aluminum foil about
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1" square and wrap it around the antenna wire and slide it up and down
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until you have a pretty good picture. This may take awhile to get
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perfect.
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As for MAX, this is scrambled by Gated-Sync scrambling. But these are
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scrambled by flipping the picture, then inverting it, and a simple gated
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sync descrambler can be built. Call D&D Electronics at 1-800-332-3557
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and have them send you their latest catalog. They sell three
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descramblers you can use which are from Radio-Electronics articles.
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The descramblers are $29, $39, and $59 for the best one.
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CHICAGO CABLE TV DOESN'T KNOW THIS, BUT if you have the Hamlin
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converter, channel 65 is a gated-sync display of TMC! Build a gated-sync
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descrambler and then get TMC and MAX and fuck getting DIS (as an
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alternative to getting a c.3 filter!) Also, channel 66 is an almost
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perfect display of SHOW without sound. Adjust the fine tuning on your
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TV to get it perfect, then build the FM stereo outlet in the following
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paragraph, and have cheap, quick SHOW!
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Chicago Cable TV thinks the average catv subscriber is an idiot. Since
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this is true, they offer 'FM STEREO OUTPUT' for stereo output on your
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receiver for selected channels. They charge some really fuckin
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outrageous fee (like $30 or something) to install this. ANY idiot can
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get these with parts from Radio Shit for under $10. Simply obtain the
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following parts:
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15-1141 Hybrid Splitter ($3.95)
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15-1140 Matching transformer ($2.79)
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appropriate lengths of coax cable, one short, one long
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After getting the materials, set up as seen in the diagram:
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ÚÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
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³ outÃÄÄ¿ ________________³ ³
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄ´ ÃÄÄÙ ³ Cable Box ³
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cable from wallÃÄÄ ³in³ ³ ³ ³
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄ´ ÃÄÄ¿ _____ ³ ³
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³ outÃÄÄÙ \ ³ ³
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ÀÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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hybrid splitter ³
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³ ³
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75-300 ohm matching ³ ³
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transformer ³ ³
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/ \
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attach these to ends to the FM
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antenna screws on the back of
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your fm receiver. (300 ohm inputs)
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NOTE 1: Do not connect antenna wire AND cable wire at same time to back
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of receiver, or this will result in very fuzzy reception for the cable
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frequencies and normal radio freq.'s.
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NOTE 2: If you are already paying for the FM service, you can cancel it
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and do the above to re-attach it. They will explain to you that if they
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send one of their highly qualified techs out to disconnect it, it will
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cost you $25 for the service call. If you ask them if you can do it
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yourself, they will tell you yes and to disconnect the 75-300 ohm
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transformer from the radio and bring it into the office on Western Ave.
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Since you are leaving the 2 way coupler and coax cable, on the way back
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from the office drop by Radio Shack and pick up a new transformer. You
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won't need anything else.
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Another thing is don't lose any sleep about them catching you with an
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illegal tap on the line. Unless you are stupid enough to let them in to
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inspect the wiring there really is no other way for them to know. The
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system they installed so far is not setup for "line testing" so it is
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next to impossible for them to detect it from outside of the house. Also
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note that the fm-service cannot be cut-off like they do if
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ya have a non-authorized remote control.
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Here are the frequencies to tune into with the FM outlet hookup:
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HBO 88.9FM
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SHOW 89.5FM
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MTV 90.1FM
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VH1 90.9FM
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USA 92.1FM
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TNN 93.5FM
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DIS 94.9FM
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TMC 95.9FM
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You can still receive the sound on FM for any premium services you may
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not otherwise have.
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For those of you a little more advanced and have your own idea's
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here is some important info. you will need.
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Cable Channel Frequencies.
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Chn No. Freq. Range Video Color Audio
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2 54-60 55.25 58.83 59.75
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3 60-66 61.25 64.83 65.75
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4 66-72 67.25 70.83 71.75
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5 76-82 77.25 80.83 81.75
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6 82-88 83.25 86.83 87.75
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7 174-180 175.83 178.83 179.75
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8 180-186 181.25 184.83 185.75
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9 186-192 187.25 190.83 191.73
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10 192-198 193.25 196.83 197.75
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11 198-204 199.25 202.83 203.75
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12 204-210 205.25 208.83 209.75
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13 210-216 211.25 214.83 215.75
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14 120-126 121.25 124.83 125.75
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15 126-132 127.25 130.83 131.75
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16 132-138 133.25 136.83 137.75
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17 138-144 139.25 142.83 143.75
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18 144-150 145.25 148.83 149.75
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19 150-156 151.25 154.83 155.75
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20 156-162 157.25 160.83 161.75
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21 162-168 163.25 166.83 167.75
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22 168-174 169.25 172.83 173.75
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23 216-222 217.25 220.83 221.75
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24 222-228 223.25 226.83 227.75
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25 228-234 229.25 232.83 233.75
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26 234-240 235.25 238.83 239.75
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27 240-246 241.25 244.83 245.75
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28 246-252 247.25 250.83 251.75
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29 252-258 253.25 256.83 257.75
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30 258-264 259.25 262.83 263.75
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31 264-270 265.25 268.83 269.75
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32 270-276 271.25 274.83 275.75
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33 276-282 277.25 280.83 281.75
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34 282-288 283.25 286.83 287.75
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35 288-294 289.25 292.83 293.75
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36 294-300 295.25 298.83 299.75
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37 300-306 301.25 304.83 305.75
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38 306-312 307.25 310.83 311.75
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39 312-318 313.25 316.83 317.75
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40 318-324 319.25 322.83 323.75
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41 324-330 325.25 328.83 329.75
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42 330-336 331.25 334.83 335.75
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43 336-342 337.25 340.83 341.75
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44 342-348 343.25 346.25 347.46
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45 348-354 349.25 352.83 353.75
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46 354-360 355.25 358.83 359.75
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47 360-366 361.25 364.83 365.75
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48 366-372 367.25 370.83 371.75
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49 372-378 373.25 376.83 377.75
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50 378-384 379.25 382.83 383.75
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51 384-390 385.25 388.83 389.75
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52 390-396 391.25 394.83 395.75
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53 396-402 397.25 400.83 402.75
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54 72-78 73.25 76.83 77.75
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55 78-84 79.25 82.83 83.75
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56 84-90 85.25 88.93 89.73
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57 90-96 91.46 94.47 95.48
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58 96-102 97.25 100.83 101.75
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59 102-108 103.25 106.83 107.75
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60 108-114 109.25 112.83 113.75
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61 114-120 115.25 118.83 119.75
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All and all eventually you will have all the locked channels
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otherwise not viewable! Hope this has helped..........
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All this information was tried with the Hamlin convertor box, which is
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most widely used by Chicago Cable. If you have a Scientific Atlanta or
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another convertor, some of the above applications may vary or may not
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work; please leave me info on them so I can add to this file as I get more
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info. Additional information will be added to THIS file as collected.
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If you have info for me to add to this or have found something to be
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incorrect, please contact me, The Beastmaster, on DESTINY KNIGHTS 708-
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307-3768 or catch me somehow else.
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EOF
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