How to Unlock Cable Cards
- 1). Contact your cable company. Ask for a decoder for your CableCards. Provide the representative with your CableCards' serial number.
- 2). Turn off the cable receiver. Locate the slot, which is in the front of the receiver. Push the current CableCard out of the slot.
- 3). Insert the new CableCard into the slot. Turn on the receiver. The receiver will automatically upload to the new card.
- 4). Enter the decoder, as provided by your cable company. Use the numeric keypad on your remote to enter the code. Wait for the receiver to automatically unlock and unscramble channels.
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