Philips 42PFL9664H: When does switchover happen?

Info for UK only.

Digital UK, the body leading the digital TV

How to re-tune:

switchover, will advise you when you need to

re-tune during the switchover.

To find out how to re-tune your TV, check

Information about how to

If you choose to connect your TV to satellite or

this user manual for details.

cable with a digital box then it will not be

Go to section 6 Install channels.

affected by switchover, and you won’t need to

re-tune your TV during the

re-tune.

If you do not re-tune your channels when

advised to do so by Digital UK, you may lose

If you have any questions, please contact your

some or all of your channels until you do

digital TV switchover.

equipment supplier or call Digital UK on …

re-tune. You should re-tune your TV every

0845 6 50 50 50 or visit www.digitaluk.co.uk

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.

When does switchover happen?

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Copeland switches on October 17, 2007

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

Television in the UK is going digital, bringing us

How the switchover affects

www.digitaluk.co.uk

all more choice and new services. Starting in

your TV equipment:

Check your ITV news service

late 2007 and ending in 2012, television

or look at Teletext page 106

services in the UK will go completely digital, TV

Your new TV has a digital tuner built in, which

to see what TV region you’re

region by TV region.

means it is ready to receive the Freeview signal

in.

by simply plugging it into your aerial socket

Please see the next page to find out when your

(check if you can get digital TV through your

area switches to digital.

aerial now, or whether you’ll have to wait until

switchover, at www.digitaluk.co.uk).

Digital UK is the independent, non-profit

organisation leading the process of digital TV

When the TV switchover happens in your area,

switchover in the UK. Digital UK provides im-

there are at least two occasions when you will

Visit us at digitaluk.co.uk

partial information on what people need to do

need to re-tune your TV in order to continue

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to prepare for the move to digital, and when

receiving your existing TV channels, and also to

Call us on 0845 6 50 50 50

they need to do it.

pick up new ones.

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