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7.3
The Digital Switchover
Keep this important information about how to
re-tune your TV during the
Television in the UK is going digital, bringing 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 overleaf 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 until 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:
To find out how to re-tune your TV, check your manufacturer's instructions for details. Or see
below for a typical sequence:
1.
With your TV in digital TV mode, press 'Menu' on your remote control. (Some TVs
will ask you for a code if you have not already changed it, the default code is
usually 0000, or
2.
From the Menu options on screen, select 'Install'. Select 'Auto Setup'* to re-tune
your digital TV (not 'add channels'). You may have to wait a couple of minutes for
the re-tune to complete. *Also sometimes referred to as 'Update', 'Rescan',
'Replace', 'Auto- Tuning', 'Channel Search', 'First Time Install', or 'Store Channels'.
3.
If you do not re-tune your channels when advised to do so by Digital UK, you may
lose some or all of your channels until you do re-tune. You should re-tune
your TV every few months to check for any new channels.
If you are missing any channels, it may be that they are not available in your area, or
that your aerial needs upgrading.
If you have any questions, please contact your equipment supplier or call Digital UK
on 0845 600 49 11 or visit www.digitaluk.co.uk.
Helpdesk: 0845 600 4911
check your instructions book).
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