Digital cable
boxes are used by cable TV providers to offer more channels than can be offered over a traditional coaxial cable connected directly to your TV. In addition to having a digital cable box installed in your home, you also need to subscribe to digital cable programming in order to take full advantage of all that your cable box has to offer. If you wish to receive more channels than you are currently receiving through your digital cable box, it is simply a matter of calling your provider and scheduling an upgrade, but there are a few important things to consider before.
Instructions
1. Reset the cable box by unplugging its power cord for 30 seconds and plugging it back in. Certain technical problems on a cable box can cause channels to go missing even if you subscribe to them, so the first step in getting more channels on your cable box is to reboot the box fully to restore channels that might have temporarily gone missing.
2. Determine what channels are offered by your cable provider. If you already subscribe to every channel offered by your provider, there will not be any channels to which you can upgrade your cable box. Your cable provider can tell you what channel upgrades are available as well as the cost.
3. Upgrade your cable service. Once you have determined what channels you wish to add and what budget you have, inform the cable provider and he can "assign" the channels to your cable box. Typically, this does not require a technician coming to your home but can be done remotely by sending a signal to your cable box. A reboot might be required after the box receives the signal in order for the new channels to show up.
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