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Re-tune instructionsNext switchover to digital TV

The switchover to digital in the Meridian TV region

is ongoing with next Digital TV switchover planned

for 8 February (Hannington).

 

The London TV region will start its switchover

to digital on 4 April 2012.

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Re-tune instructionsA personal note

First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is

Martijn van Balken and I am a digital TV professional,

enthusiast and owner of this website.

 

UK's switchover to digital TV involves you

Between now and 2012, television services in the UK

will become digital. The analogue television signal

will switch off region by region which requires you

to get a digital set top box or to get a TV with

a built-in Freeview digital receiver to be able to receive the digital TV signal.

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Retune instructionsVirgin and Sky go 3D TV

Virgin Media and Sky are both looking into ways to offer a 3D TV Guide for their digital TV customers.

With the switchover to Digital TV you can start enjoying these new benefits - but all of these 3D standards, what do they mean and how can you become 3D ready?

 

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Retune instructionsYour Aerial and Digital Switchover

For terrestrial transmission of broadcast television you require an aerial

to receive the signal. In some instances an indoor aerial is already enough;

in more rural areas you may require an external aerial.

Usually the digital transmission is using the same aerial group as the

analogue transmission which means that you should not have to replace

your aerial when switchover takes place. A “digital aerial” or “analogue

aerial” doesn’t exist – there may be small differences between each aerial

that makes one aerial better than another.

 

Retune instructionsLatest News - London Switchover

On 7 April 2011 the digital switchover start date for the London TV region

was announced. Analogue switch off will start on 4 April 2012 and it is

anticipated to reach completion before the start of London Olympic Games

in July 2012. From that date over 12 million households will see 5 analogue channels replaced by digital channels.

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Retune instructionsRetune instructions

Retuning your Freeview or Sky digital TV recorder is very easy. It can be

done via a manual retune, which allows you to add and remove channels

yourself, or you can do a "full retune" which lets your digital TV or your

digital TV recorder do it automatically.

 

A manual retune may be needed to find any missing channels or in case you want to select other regional TV or Radio channels.

 

Here are some guidelines to help you how to do it:

 

How to retune your box

1) Press "Menu" on your remote control

 

2) Select "Installation" or "Set up"

 

3) Select "Retune" or "Manual search"

 

4) If a code is requested, try 0000 or 1234

 

5) Press "OK" or "Save" followed by "Menu" to exit

 

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I've started this blog 5 years ago in what originally

was aimed to capture the digital switchovers all

around the world with the ambition to create an

official Wiki type resource. I soon realized that

Europe in its own right was already a hand full and

as such decided to make an initial start with the UK.

I had worked at Sky and gained my MSc in Digital TV

in the UK and as such knew the industry very well.

 

When at the end of 2010 my wife got a job in the

USA (she works in Cancer Research) I resigned from

my position in The Netherlands and together we

made the move early January of this year to the USA.

I have been very fortunate to gain a work visa for

the USA and I am very much looking forward to use

my experience in a different part of the world.

 

In anticipation of a new job I have picked up this site

again and have started making it more complete. My

website is a "blog" that one can regard as another

window to highlight the importance of the Digital

Switchover and the benefits of what Digital TV has

to offer. It has also been an opportunity for me to

learn more about SEO (Search Engine Optimization),

this means that you try to get your website as high

up in Google without spending money on advertising.

My effort has started to pay off as some of my blog

pages recently hit the top position in Google.

 

The aim of my website is not to make money, though

recently I have started to experiment offering

editional elements from for instance Amazon, Sky

and LOVEFilm (video on demand) to drive traffic to

those websites to see if there is an oppertunity for

this website it extend its existance towards areas

where Digital TV creates its added value.

 

If you have ideas, want to help or like to support this

blog about Digital TV and the Digital Switchover, use

one of the little icons below to share. If you want to

know who I am …. you can find me on Linkedin.

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Sky HD

Benefits of HDTV

With the digital switchover

in the UK, a revolution has

started to take place that

will transform our TV

viewing experience - it is

called HD Digital TV

(High Definition Television)

and you can enjoy it as well.

 

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