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TheRatPatrol

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Lordy. If memory serves correctly, I believe this was only required for TV sets that weren't "cable ready".
I believe the older style "dial" TVs could still pick up a few different stations if their frequencies corresponded.
We had one of these.
 

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They sent me an HR-54 200 along with the 4 K mini. i had to call in and ask em for the 4 K mini though. i have no clue why it's not offered on there site!!! My HR 54 started acting out. they replaced it with the HS 17 along with another 4 K mini at no charge
 
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Back in the '70s
Yeah we had it in the early 80’s, then about 84/85ish we had to upgrade to a new box with remote control, they scrambled everything, except the locals. I can’t remember the name of the new box.
 
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Found it. It was called Tocom. The pictures are not that great.

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I installed them for many years ... :(
Probably shouldn't have said MANY, but I did install them when they were the box the local company used.
I take it you didn’t like them, if so, why not?
 
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Back in the '70's .... I don't know if I liked them or not, I Do remember they had a remote that would change from A to B !
Awe yes, the good ole days of analog cable TV. Less channels and actually something on to watch. :biggrin
 
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remembers these

We had those scientific Altanta boxes. First the original ones were more like down converters. If you put the TV on ch 2,3 or 5, the channel numbers displayed on the box were all off by that many channels from the channel 4 the TV needed to be on. They had a mysterious AU button, which did nothing.

Then they got newer ones with an OSD that showed the channel name and number. Then the 8610X had a very rudimentary guide, and finally they moved to Motorola digital boxes.

Hey why did the manual for tocom box posted say General instrument on the bottom of it?

It’s also funny how they spelled Jerrold back in the day. President Ford must have been giving them a crazy eye. Yeah I know Jerrold became General Instruments, which then became Motorola and today Arris.

For a long time there were still cable amplifiers outside with the “Jerrold” name on it. Over the years some companies just put new electronics inside the housings. I think that only worked to 550 MHz, so then they put in General Instruments or Motorola depending on the timeline of the system upgrade.
 
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You guys are bringing back memories with the pics of old cable boxes.
 

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