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So the countdown begins to September and the remaining part of the Midlands switching off the analogue tv signal and going totally digital. Here is what I learned from the first stage of the switchover which will pretty much answer any questions you may have come autumn.

"Help! ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two has disappeared!"

You are watching analogue tv and you need to buy a new digital tv or set top box as you are about to lose all four or five tv channels you watch.

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"Help! I can't get ITV/Channel 4/Ch5/other channels on my Freeview box!"

You have to retune your digital tv or set top box as part of the switchover. If you only "add channels" then the process doesn't always work you need to do a "full retune"

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"Help! I can't get ITV/Channel 4/Ch5/other channels on my BRAND NEW Freeview box!"

If you get your TV via a smaller television transmitter linked to a larger main transmitter then switchover is the first time you will get a digital signal. But it takes two weeks to complete the switchover and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ channels go digital first followed by the commercial ones. So for two weeks you'll have to switch between analogue and digital to get the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and ITV for example.

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"Help! Do I need to worry if I have satellite or cable?"

No.

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"Do I still need my ariel booster?"

No. The new digital signal is much stronger so keeping the booster may well no longer solve problems but actually cause them. Try switching it off. In the end it seems to be freeview/top-up tv or BT Vision viewers that are caught out by digital switchover. Not realising they will have to retune their set top boxes and tvs. The advice that seemed to solve the most problems for the first half of switchover? Turn off ariel boosters, turn the box on and off and do a FULL retune. If that doesn't work call 08456 50 50 50 or click

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