If you have cable TV but are not fortunate enough to have the Premium services, here is a simple way to steal Cinemax, The Movie Channel, Showtime, the Disney Channel, and any other service that appears as a bussing fuzzy picture (that you can ALMOST get clearly by fine tuning). This method also works on channels that appear as a lined flashing screen that produce a beeping sound. These channels are not scrambled, but instead a garbage transmission is sent at the same frequency. Therefore, in order to receive the movie servcices clearly, you must filter out the garbage.

Here is a simple way to do this:

1) Examine the back of your TV set. Find the VHF antenna terminals (these are the antenna terminals that the cable service is hooked up to). Get a piece of antenna wire (about 3 feet long). Strip one end of the wire and and attach it to the VHF terminals along with the cable. Tune in to one of the movie services and adjust the fine tuner until you get the cleanest picture. Cut off about 1/4 inch of the antenna wire and adjust the fine tuner. Continue to do this until you get a nearly perfect picture (you should not have to cut off more than 6 inches of the antenna wire). Get a piece of aluminum foil and wrap it around the antenna wire slide it up and down until you have a perfect picture. This is a simple yet effective way to get movies for free.

More in depth information on descramblers and converters may be obtained by writing CABLE FACTS, Box 711-R, Pataskala, OH 43062. They have an excellent publication available for $8.95.Also write to RANDOM ACCESS, Box 41770R, Phoenix,AZ 85080. Ask for their Subscription TV Manual that deals with video scrambling techniques.