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I first became interested in Satellite TV in 1991 when I was 11 and my family first had one of the early Sky systems with space for just 16 channels. I found all the German language channels fascinating and I can remember the Teleclub channel that was scrambled and needed a different type of decoder, all that was unscrambled were its test card and trailers. I also remember another German language film channel called Premiere that was scrambled, although the signal looked different to Teleclub's scrambling, I'm not sure if a different decoder was needed.
I also remember there were Scandinavian channels called TV3 and and TV1000 and there was an Astra information service in text that described these two as D2 MAC. The D2 MAC signal was so badly scrambled that TV3 and TV1000 just appeared as snow with interference as the only sound. However, I remember one day after I left TV3's frequency on for a few minutes, the scrambled signal became a bit more clear and I could faintly make out The Simpsons under all the snow, but I only ever saw a clearer signal once. Other times when I waited a few minutes, it would remain snow. I'm not sure what made the scrambled picture clear for a short time.
I also remember there were Scandinavian channels called TV3 and and TV1000 and there was an Astra information service in text that described these two as D2 MAC. The D2 MAC signal was so badly scrambled that TV3 and TV1000 just appeared as snow with interference as the only sound. However, I remember one day after I left TV3's frequency on for a few minutes, the scrambled signal became a bit more clear and I could faintly make out The Simpsons under all the snow, but I only ever saw a clearer signal once. Other times when I waited a few minutes, it would remain snow. I'm not sure what made the scrambled picture clear for a short time.