All free-to-air TV channels will be changing frequencies in Eden and surrounds on Wednesday, October 22.
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The retune will affect viewers in Eden, Merimbula, Pambula and Boydtown, who receive their TV signal from the Bimmil Hill tower at Eden.
Some local viewers may have retuned on April 9 as part of the Merimbula retune, but if any channels are missing on October 22, they will need to retune using their remote.
The best way for residents to find their retune day is by entering their address into the “Get retune info” box here.
After the channels have changed, viewers will need to retune their digital TV, set-top box or digital TV recorder to find the channels that have moved.
Retuning should not be done before October 22, as channels won’t move until then.
Retuning is done using the remote. For most systems press, the ‘menu’ button on the remote and look for settings such as ‘channels’ or ‘auto-tuning’ and follow the prompts to retune.
A video and three-step guide to retuning is available on the website
The retune is scheduled to avoid evenings and weekends, as there may be some temporary disruption to all TV services on retune day.
Service outages on the days before and after the retune may also be necessary, due to work being conducted at the transmission site.
As the retune simply moves free-to-air TV channels to a new location on the broadcast spectrum, it is unlikely to change TV reception or coverage.
The retune moves are part of the national program to free up broadcasting spectrum for new services, such as mobile broadband.
For more information about the retune, scheduled outages, or to sign up for an SMS or email reminder, click here or call the Digital Ready Information Line on 1800 201 013 between 8am and 10pm (AEDT).