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Sunshine Coast Restack & Retune; No Simulcast

July 5, 2014 by Brocky Aspland in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Sunshine Coast TV frequencies are changing. All Televisions need to be retuned.

 DULONG & TEWANTIN/NOOSA

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The Nambour Coverage Area

The Television channels from the Dulong Transmitter (Nambour) and the Tewantin/Nambour transmitter will be changing on Wednesday 9th of July, and this will mean that every television (with antennas facing towards this transmitter) will need to be re-tuned after this time. Unfortunately it has been stated that there will be no simulcast of the channels (repeating the same channel on both frequencies for a period of time to allow for retuning) and for this reason, most of the Sunshine Coast will be advised to retune their own television. This should be completed as soon the possible after the channels disappear (you may have to wait some time for the switchover to take place and the new frequencies to be activated).

 

 

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Bald Knob Retune Coverage Area

BALD KNOB

For those who live in the Southern parts of the Sunshine Coast (Facing towards the Bald Knob transmitter in Landsborough) the second change will take place over two days a week apart. The first change will be the Brisbane channels, which are only received by the southern half of the Sunshine Coast only, This will happen on Tuesday 15th July, and the local channels will be Restacked on the 22nd of July.

It is our advice to lose the Brisbane channels after the 15th July and just watch the local channels until they disappear too after the 22nd of July. Then you can retune and this means you only have to retune your television once.

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS

Instructions on how to tune your TV will be found in your TV manual. For all those who are able, we suggest you read that manual and attempt to retune your own TV after this Restack has been completed.

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ASSISTANCE IN THE SUNSHINE COAST RETUNE

ANTENNA INFORMATION

The good news is that there is no need to change your antenna in most situations, as we continue to use the UHF frequency as we have before. If you have poor reception before the Restack, then you will continue to have poor reception and this antenna system will need to be looked at. Please call 1800 588 688 to discuss a booking time. retune antenna umx18

BACKGROUND INFORMATION The reason for this change, is actually a good thing, as it brings Australia inline with the rest of the world. Currently, our 4G network is up around 2100mhz, whereas the rest of the world (USA/EUROPE) have their 4G network operating on the 700mhz-800mhz range. This 700-800mhz range is currently being used throughout regional Australia for local TV channels (on the Sunshine Coast our ABC, local 7 and Win9 for example are all currently located here). After the Restack and Retune, the government will then sell these frequencies to the phone companies, and they will then move the 4G network down to these lower frequencies. This will, in the long run, make electronics cheaper by utilising the same technologies as the USA and other countries that are creating these. So in summary, it is a good thing that the Restack and Retune is happening, it will make our electronics life easier going forward.

For all enquiries, please contact Us at 1800 588 688 or CLICK HERE to book online

SUNSHINE COAST RETUNE ASSISTANCE

July 5, 2014 by Brocky Aspland in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

 SUNSHINE COAST RETUNE ASSISTANCE

Our highest priority during the month of July will be the retune after each restack. During this time our team will be retuning televisions only for the 3 day period after the change has happened and our antenna installations will be put on hold until after these few days, and we appreciate your patience in this matter.

We will still be fixing antennas, supplying new TVs at the best price, and installing new TV equipment during July,  Call us and we will work in a time that suits you.

 

If you require assistance with the retune:

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Our Technicians will come and tune your televisions

SERVICE CALL RETUNE (Available same day as the Restack, as well as the following days):

This will cost $99.00 and will be a full home service. This will cover the time to tune all the TVs, and DVD Recorders in your home. We will do a ‘Manual Tune’ of your equipment, to ensure that only the correct frequencies from the correct transmitters are tuned in for the avoidance of doubt and to reduce errors in the future.

Book this service now by phoning 1800 588 688 (limited spots available in the 3 day period after the Restack.

 NEED ADVICE? Call your local team on 1800 588 688

Digital Television Reception Pixelation & Break-ups

August 28, 2013 by Brocky Aspland in Digital TV Antennas | Leave a comment

Digital Television often gets a bad wrap, but most of this comes from misinformation. Whereas in the past analogue Tv pictures were dependent on the signal level (the better the signal the better the picture, and the picture slowly gets worse as the signal deteriorates), Digital TV isn’t like that at all.

Digital television reception has a cut-off level, and it’s only about a third of the way up the spectrum. What happens is TV signals fluctuate, and so if you are too close to that cut-off level, it will work sometimes, but as the weather (or more commonly the change in temperature when day changes to night around 6pm) your signal drops slightly, and this puts you on or below the cut-off level, and you experience pixelation.

Also important to note that each channel is broadcast separately and using their own equipment; the reason only some channels may pixelate and not others.

What this means to your house is that a full new antenna system and cable and booster may not be required, as you may only need a slight increase in signal to push you enough above the cut-off level that you don’t see break-up.

Digital Television Antenna

At Brocky’s TV we explain the why about digital tv reception, as well as provide guaranteed solutions. We give a 5-year labour inclusive warranty, so if you do need to upgrade your digital television antenna system, you will have peace of mind that it will last.