Digital TV Switchover: Phase One plus four days
And 24 days to go until completion ...
I set up my family's main television with a Digital box on Wednesday: have been trying to sort out the family's other TVs over the weekend. Some of them have been easier to set up than others. Generally the newer the television, and the cheaper the set-top box, the easier it has been. I gather that a lot of the problems have been with the most sophisticated set-top boxes which have somehow picked up programme information for Digital services from the Caldbeck transmitter as well as the Bigrigg one. But that doesn't necessarily mean that they can actually receive transmissions from Caldbeck. A few people in Caldbeck on high hills can receive Caldbeck directly, and the St Bees and Parton transmitters re-broadcast the Caldbeck transmission.
Once we have our TVs sorted with the current pattern of service, we will be OK for the next 24 days, but then we will have to re-tune the whole lot after the channels are switched round again when the remaining analogue signals are turned off on 14th November.
Nevertheless, it is a much better idea to get your televisions sorted now rather than wait until the BBC1, Borders, and Channel 4 analogue signals are turned off on 14th November. There was some disruption this week: I suspect that the headaches when we complete the process and go 100% digital will be rather worse.
Ring 0845 6 50 50 50 to talk to Digital UK if you need advice.
I set up my family's main television with a Digital box on Wednesday: have been trying to sort out the family's other TVs over the weekend. Some of them have been easier to set up than others. Generally the newer the television, and the cheaper the set-top box, the easier it has been. I gather that a lot of the problems have been with the most sophisticated set-top boxes which have somehow picked up programme information for Digital services from the Caldbeck transmitter as well as the Bigrigg one. But that doesn't necessarily mean that they can actually receive transmissions from Caldbeck. A few people in Caldbeck on high hills can receive Caldbeck directly, and the St Bees and Parton transmitters re-broadcast the Caldbeck transmission.
Once we have our TVs sorted with the current pattern of service, we will be OK for the next 24 days, but then we will have to re-tune the whole lot after the channels are switched round again when the remaining analogue signals are turned off on 14th November.
Nevertheless, it is a much better idea to get your televisions sorted now rather than wait until the BBC1, Borders, and Channel 4 analogue signals are turned off on 14th November. There was some disruption this week: I suspect that the headaches when we complete the process and go 100% digital will be rather worse.
Ring 0845 6 50 50 50 to talk to Digital UK if you need advice.
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