M'boro TV watchers: get ready to change your tune
SOME free-to-air TV channels will soon be changing frequencies so residents of Maryborough, Gayndah, Mundubbera, Eidsvold and Rainbow Beach will be among those having to retune on Thursday, October 16.
The Australian Government Department of Communications said viewers in Hervey Bay who might have retuned earlier this year, might have to retune again.
TV watchers in the Howard, Torbanlea and Burrum Heads areas who receive a signal from the Wide Bay transmitter will also be affected.
There may be some temporary disruption to all TV services on retune day and also service outages on the days before and after the retune due to work being conducted at the transmission site.
But, the department said, the retune was scheduled to avoid evenings and weekends.
A video and three-step guide to retuning is available on the website.
The department said because the retune simply moved free-to-air TV channels to a new location on the broadcast spectrum, it was unlikely to change TV reception or coverage.
The move is part of a national retune program that will free up broadcasting spectrum for new services such as mobile broadband.
For more information, visit http://retune.digitalready.gov.au/ or phone the Digital Ready Information Line on 1800 201 013, between 8am and 10pm, any day of the week.
Key times on Thursday
- Wide Bay viewers need to retune their TV after 5am.
- Mundubbera viewers will need to retune after 3:30pm
- Rainbow Beach, Cooloola Cove and Tin Can Bay viewers will need to retune after 3:30pm
- Eisdvold viewers will need to retune after 2:30pm.
How to retune
- Retuning is done using the remote
- For most systems press the 'menu' button on the remote
- Look for settings such as 'channels' or 'auto-tuning' and follow the prompts to retune
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