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

we recommend one piece units. it has been our experience that one piece units work better to replace your cable company’s converter than a 2-piece unit. although 2-piece units tend to be less mic expensive, they tend to work less efficiently wireless as well. as the saying goes, "you get what you pay for! " additionally, our 1-piece units cost less than other mic companies’ 2-piece units. 5. what is a cable converter / descrambler? an electronic tuning wireless device that transposes all available channels mic from the cable company into either channel 3 or channel 4. a cable converter is simply a "channel changer" that cannot by itself descramble encoded premium channels. it allows you to receive all basic channels if your tv is not the cable ready type.