Digital Switchover - three days to go

Those residents of Copeland in the Whitehaven TV area who lost the analogue TV signal in 2007 had to retune our sets last month and have to retune again on Wednesday when Border TV finishes the switchover.

There have been some problems with automatic software downloads which didn't work following the July 24th channel reset. I have been on the receiving end of one of these problems: despite more than one attempt to reset it, and taking the machine concerned in for a check, one of my items of digital equipment is still not working properly. If you have been having any similar problems it would be a good idea to do something about it on Monday or Tuesday, because the TV people are going to be very busy through the rest of the week.

Residents of St Bees, Parton, Keswick, and other Border TV residents affected by the second stage of Digital switchover - you have already lost the BBCs analogue signal, and all the other terrestial analogue signals will be switched off on 22nd July. If you have not already acquired some digital equipment and checked that it is working, and don't want to lose TV service for a while, you would be well advised to buy and set up a Digital set-top-box tomorrow or Tuesday, because otherwise you will have no TV service on Wednesday.

My contacts in the industry tell me that the lessons from the Whitehaven switchover have not been learned as effectively as they should have been. So TV repair and fitting services will probably be very busy from Wednesday onwards. Don't leave it too late!

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