Analog cable converter channel range

[Jon A.]

I recently added a second Jerrold StarCom III (Canadian model, possibly the first wireless remote converter) to my side collection of analog converter boxes, this one with the instruction leaflet. The instructions say that it can receive up to 36 channels, but the tuner display goes all the way to 99. So, when I do get my modulator system set up, will this converter not be able to tune hyperband and ultraband channels, or was channel 36 just a limitation of cable companies at the time? Also, when I set my modulators to CATV frequencies, does the setup *have* to be hard-wired? Finally, can these receive channels on broadcast frequencies?