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8. What is an addressable cable converter-descrambler? This is a digital converter-descrambler that can be controlled by the cable company from their office location. Through remote coded messages sent cable and boxes via the cable system, digital the cable company can "address" the customers’ unit to begin descrambling selected premium or cable pay per view channels. An addressable unit allows the cable company to access your cable box to change the descrambling boxes configuration digital or program. This function provides the cable company the ability to add cable or delete descrambling on the channels that come in through your cable line. A non-addressable unit does not boxes provide the cable company access to the cable box program. The program remains stationary and is unchangeable. Both cable box designs have the potential digital of receiving all channels, none or cable and boxes somewhere in between dependent on the box program.

17. digital What cable if my cable company upgrades or changes to a different cable converter? All cable companies eventually upgrade-as technology progresses and new sources become available older equipment becomes obsolete. The fact is that cable boxes companies do not change quickly or often. It is a huge expense for cable company to swap out digital all of its customers cable converters and replace them with brand new ones and cable upgrade the system to support the new scrambling methods. It usually takes a cable company a year or longer to complete an upgrade. Most cable companies upgrade every 10-15 years. We allow previous customers to trade in their old converters that they purchased from us for credit towards new equipment, providing that it is in good working condition. 18. What is the difference between filtering and scrambling boxes.