Some free-to-air digital TV channels in the Central West, Central Tablelands and surrounds will soon be changing frequencies.

These moves are part of the national retune programme and will free up broadcasting spectrum for new services such as mobile broadband.

The retune will affect viewers who receive their TV signal from the Mt Canobolas, Oberon, Eugowra and Grenfell TV tower. 

Main towns affected include Orange, Blayney, Parkes, Canowindra, Molong, Manildra, Oberon, Eugowra and Grenfell.

The best way for residents to find their retune day is by entering their address into the “Get retune info” box on the website.

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.  A video and 3-step guide to retuning is available on the 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.