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All Freeview equipment must be retuned at midday on 30 September 2009

No matter where you are, if you use Freeview from a box, have a Freeview TV or use a Freeview+ recorder you MUST retune on this day.

No matter where you are, if you use Freeview from a box, have a
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If you have ANY type of Freeview receiver, you will have to retune it on 30 September 2009.

To allow the introduction of Freeview HD, and to ensure that FIVE can be watched from the public service digital TV transmitters, ALL Freeview equipment must be retuned on WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2009 AT LUNCHTIME.

A simple "Add channels" scan will NOT be sufficient. This will result in channels being allocated the wrong numbers.

www.ukfree.tv link icon Click here for "generic" instructions on retuning a Freeview box, recorder or set.

www.ukfree.tv link icon Click here for a list of manuals and retuning guides for a wide range of equipment.

www.ukfree.tv link icon For more information about WHY this is being done, click here.

IF YOU NO LONGER HAVE ITV3, ITV4, FIVE, ITV2+1 or QUEST or they appear on channels numbered 800-899 then you have only "scanned for new channels". Go back and scan again using the "First time installation" option.

If you have a Daewoo DS608P, Labgear DTT100, Triax DVB 2000T, Portland DP100 set top box or these VCR/STBs: Daewoo SV900 or Bush IDVCR01, you need a new box.







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Ray
Friday 2 October 2009 8:47PM
It does sound an ambitious package, but worth further research. Thanks for all the suggestions, which have put my loss of digital teletext into context. I do have Ceefax in the interim. That's 3 x's in two lines! Thanks once again.
Briantist
Saturday 3 October 2009 7:35AM
Ray: I hope you find a Freeview+ box, I'm sure you will find it liberating. Always happy to help.
Ted
Saturday 3 October 2009 11:59AM Norwich
Digifusion DVR FVRT150
A rescan found the new channels but some epgs
said "no info available"
Did a "factory default" reset.{press yellow enter pin,factory pin 1111}
we now have all usual epgs but chan 24 still
labeled "bid tv" but has ITV epg & records ok!!
I hope this helps someone
Ted
Briantist
Saturday 3 October 2009 12:35PM
Ted: Thanks.
Toni
Sunday 4 October 2009 5:58PM
Since retuning I not able to recieve ITV3. As this is the channel I watch more than any toher - is there any way I can 'un-retune' so that I have channel 10? I have ITV1, 2, and 4. I have switched tv off/on. retuned again each day. It did come up on Sat but signal very poor. Please can I have ITV3 back!
Solent-Viewer
Sunday 4 October 2009 7:09PM
Toni ... I lost ITV3 too, or so I thought until I found it right up at 411. Take a look right through your selection and see if you too can find it further up the scale.
Briantist
Monday 5 October 2009 8:13AM
Solent-Viewer: If that is the case, you did not correctly perform the rescan. You need to do it again using the "reset to factory settings" option, or if you can't find that, use My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent digital TV + switchover advice, since 2002
Briantist
Monday 5 October 2009 8:15AM
Toni: Sorry, but the channel has moved multiplex.

If you can watch FIVE USA and FIVER, you just need to do this www.ukfree.tv link icon My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent digital TV + switchover advice, since 2002

But, if you can't watch those channels, you can't get ITV3 any more.
hayley
Sunday 11 October 2009 4:01PM Benfleet
i can no longer get itv3 bbc 4 itv 4 and 2pluss 1 and five
gerry
Thursday 29 October 2009 9:16AM
whats happened to create and craft on channel 36.frozen picture
Neville George
Saturday 7 November 2009 8:08AM Frodsham
Great! since the Winterhill switch-over I've lost BBC1 and BBC2 and can only now pick up a pixilated Welsh versions from North Wales. I have retuned several times on two TV's and get the same, The Aerial has been replaced when we first had Freeview 6 years ago. Not impressed and not looking forward to the rest being switched over, probably then will have no TV at all then...very poor show in my opinion, like everything else in this country it's all going down the toilet!
Briantist
Saturday 7 November 2009 8:39AM
Neville George: Have you got the "correct" versions of BBC One and BBC TWO in the 800-899 channel range?
Neville George
Saturday 7 November 2009 9:16AM Frodsham
Now got BBC1 and BBC2 on 801 and 802 respectively, no wonder I couldn't find them. Also did a complete detune and retune so may have helped. Just got to figure out how to set them to my remote so I get the channels realined..thanks for that
Briantist
Saturday 7 November 2009 9:25AM
Neville George: There are two ways of dealing with this, some boxes allow you to swap channel numbers around.

If you can't do that, you can always pull out the aerial from the box, start a full scan and when it gets past C45 (666.0MHz), quickly put it back in for C56+ (C54- in a month's time).
Den
Sunday 8 November 2009 4:12PM
I'm retuning my Humax 9200t (MANUALLY and NOT Auto Mode). So far I've managed CH62 - PSB1, CH66 - MUX 2, CH68 - MUX A, CH56 - MUX C, CH63 - MUX D and all is fine. I'm now Missing both DAVE and SKY NEWS and I don't know which Channel to tune in Manually to find these 2 channels. Anyone know?
Briantist
Monday 9 November 2009 7:44AM
Den: Dave and Sky News are on Mulitplex C, that you say you have "all fine".
eileen
Monday 21 December 2009 8:58PM
I can get all the channels but have no sound on one of my favourites channel 36 create and craft can anyone help. I have new hd ready tv. It did have sound but for last 6 week it hasn't thanks Eileen
Calaco
Monday 14 February 2011 1:19AM Marlborough
I have just dug out a Philips DTX6371 'On Digital' receiver - is it possible to make it work with the current digital signal?
jennifer
Friday 22 April 2011 4:48PM
Can we get ITV3 in the dt3 area, if so how do we re tune please
Steve
Friday 22 April 2011 5:07PM Wrexham
jennifer - plug your full postcode into the top right and it will say what you should get. Or just post it if confused and I will look!

To retune you will need "Menu" on your tuner remote, then find channel selection and do a "Replace all" or an "New Installation"



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