Why Cable TV descrambler ?
A cable descrambler allows you to view scrambled channels received from your cable operator. It is capable of restoring the picture and sound of a scrambled channel. Cable descramblers are legal products. Cable operators generally provide you a cable box directly from the cable company when you sign up with them for regular or digital cable service. Based upon your choice they select certain channels and descramble them while others remain scrambled. There may be additional features to permit cable customers to watch “pay per view” or “on demand” shows and movies.
There is a wide range of cable descramblers available in the market. Cost of a cable descrambler may vary, depending on its quality and features. You should buy an up-to-date cable descrambler from your cable TV company.
In this way you will benefit from the latest technology at a reasonable price, as cable TV companies usually have different price offers for different customer budgets. If you desire to buy a cable descrambler off the market, be very careful what you are buying. Do not buy converter instead of descrambler. A converter is an electronic tuning device and basically it makes your TV set get the channels even if your TV is not the cable ready type. If you the purchase the cable descrambler from the market and the use of the descrambler is authorized by the cable company, and appropriate subscriptions are paid by you, there is no problem. However, if the device purchased by you is a pirate box descrambler which decodes cable television signals without any authorization or payment, that use is illegal. Unauthorized use of cable descrambler ordinarily calls for a civil and criminal litigation against the person who possesses the descrambler.
A cable technician sometime detects an illegal descrambler while performing service. Present technology also enables a cable company to detect the presence of a cable box within a particular house which does not subscribe to their cable services. If the cable descrambler is detected in a residence where there was no cable subscription, or is found to be connected to the live cable line where there is no lawful use for the box other than the possibility of descrambling, it is much more likely that a civil suit will result, and it is more likely that the police will take an interest in the case.
Beside the illegality factor, the first thing you should know is that cable descramblers are available in two models: a single unit and with two-piece units. The device containing single unit holds a converter and a descrambler assembled jointly inside a single box, it is a compact unit and it has its own set of advantages. The unit offers you the possibility of being easily installed and repaired. This kind of cable descrambler has the advantage of being compatible to the systems used by the cable companies to service their networks. But it is costly if you seek the replacement from the market. On the other hand, the two-piece unit comes with two separate systems –one piece holding a converter and the other one holding a cable descrambler which are interconnected and serve the same purpose. This system has the advantage of making you pay less for every component compared to the single unit device. In case one of the pieces breaks down, you can get it repaired or change it for a new one, without affecting the other piece.
Cable TV companies generally use another type of descramblers, known as addressable converter descrambler that can be effortlessly controlled by the cable company. The cable TV company sends a coded message through its cable network and this coded message reaches the device that every consumer has and the unit verifies the code and after verification starts descrambling the premium or pay-per-view channels that the customer has previously paid for. This type of device allows the cable TV company to easily disconnect the consumers that are not paying their bill.
There is one important point that you should keep in mind while purchasing cable descramblers is the fact that these descramblers do not work everywhere. The use of cable descramblers differs from one cable network to another as cable TV companies use different scrambling systems of various brand name or model. Therefore you must verify with your cable company so that you may purchase the exact type of cable descramblers that your cable TV company is using.
If your cable descrambler is not functioning, you should contact your TV cable provider. It could be possible that your equipment is out-of-date and it may not meet the required standards of your cable company anymore.
Beware! Always try to stay away from bargain cable descramblers that are not being traded in specialized stores, as this may lead you to end up spending your money for a good for nothing device.