Mudgee residents are reminded to retune their televisions tomorrow as all free-to-air channels will change frequencies.

The moves are part of the national retune program and will free up broadcasting spectrum for new services such as mobile broadband. For Mudgee, the retune is occurring tomorrow, October 23.

The retune will affect viewers in Mudgee and Putta Bucca who receive their television signal from the Endicott Hill tower.

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 tomorrow as channels won’t move until then.

Retuning is done using the remote. For most systems press the ‘menu’ button on the remote.  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 retune website.

The retune is scheduled to avoid evenings and weekends. 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.

For more information about the retune, scheduled outages, or to sign up for an SMS or email reminder, visit the retune website or call the Digital Ready Information Line on 1800 20 10 13 which is open from 8am to 10pm seven days a week.