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Digital switchover
Keep this important
information about
how to re-tune your
TV during the
TV switchover
When does switchover happen?
The exact date you switch
depends on the
transmitter you are
served by. To check
when you switch,
go to Digital UK’s
postcode checker on
www.digitaluk.co.uk
Check your ITV news
service or look at Teletext
page 106 to see what TV
region you’re in.
Television in the UK is going digital, briging us all more choice
and new services. Starting in late 2007 and ending in 2012,
television services in the UK will go completely digital, TV region
by TV region.
Please see above to find out when your area switches to digital.
Digital UK is the independent, non-profit organisation leading
the process of digital TV switchover in the UK. Digital UK
provides impartial information on what people need to do to
prepare for the move to digital, and when they need to do it.
How the switchover affects your TV
equipment:
Your new TV has a digital tuner built in, which means it is ready
to receive the Freeview signal by simply plugging it into your
aerial socket (check if you can get digital TV through your aerial
now, or whether you’ll have to wait untill switchover, at
www.digitaluk.co.uk
).
When the TV switchover happens in your area, there are at
least two occasions when you will need to re-tune your TV in
order to continue receiving your existing TV channels, and also
to pick up new ones, Digital UK, the body leading the digital TV
switchover, will advise you when you need to re-tune during the
switchover.
If you choose to connect your TV to satellite or cable with a
digital box then it will not be affected by switchover, and you
won’t need to re-tune.
How to re-tune:
As new services are broadcast it will be necessary to re-tune
the television in order to view them.
Auto tuning
will
completely retune the television and can be used to update the
channel list.
Press
MENU
button on the remote control unit.
Select Auto tuning option.
A screen will appear warning that previous digital
programmes and settings will be deleted.
You must allow the television to complete the search......
When the search is complete the
Auto tuning
screen will
display the total number of service found.
NOTE: Further detailed instructions on
Auto tuning
can be
found in the TV owners manual.
If you are missing channels, it may be that they are not available
in your area, or that your aerial needs upgrading.
If you have any further questions, please contact your equipment
supplier or call Digital UK on
08456 50 50 50
or visit
www.digitaluk.co.uk
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