Push
Button Tuning
If your TV set has ‘push buttons’ and is about 15 or so years old
you will find a group of wheels and selectors under the tuning door and you
will need to follow these instructions:
Switch off the AFT (Automatic Fine Tuner). Sometimes this is done automatically
when the tuning door is opened.
Push the button on which you want channel 31 to appear. (don't use a button
you currently use for another channel or your video)
Open your TV tuning door. This will reveal a series of selectors and tuning
wheels. Each selector and its adjacent tuning wheel is associated with a tuning
button on the front of the TV. For example, the third tuning button is connected
to the third selector switch and the third tuning wheel.
As channel 31 is on the UHF Band you will need to set the selector switch to
UHF. Labeling of these channel ranges varies from brand to brand, but usually
it may be U, UHF, C, or 3.
Turn the corresponding tuning wheel slowly clockwise until the channel 31 appears
on the TV screen or until the little pointer indicates you have reached the
end of the tuning range. If channel 31does not appear, then begin turning the
tuning wheel anti-clockwise until Channel 31 is found (If you find SBS (28)
you are getting close so keep trying either side). It generally takes about
twenty turns of the tuning wheel to cover the range of band selected. When channel
31 appears on the TV screen, adjust the tuning wheel for the best picture and
sound. Turn on the AFT and close the tuning drawer (or door).
Rotary Tuning
If your TV set has a ‘rotary tuner’, then retuning involves the
following steps:
Switch off the AFT (automatic fine tuning).
Select ‘U’ on the ‘main dial’, then turn the ‘UHF
channel selector’ knob to 31.
Switch on the AFT again.
More Modern Sets
Every Set built in the past 15 or so years seems to have a different way of
tuning in the channels with the tuning via an on screen Display, if
you can find your TV instruction manual just remember to set it to UHF and tune
up past SBS to find Channel 31, the home of DeafTV.
Still Having Problems
Channel 31 can be found near channel 28 or SBS, if you cant receive SBS (28)
very well you will need to get your antenna checked as you wont be able to receive
Channel 31.
If you can
only find ABC or several of the commercial channels you have not set your selector
to UHF, so try a different position and try again.
Does your TV only
have one Rotary control with no U position? Your TV is probably unable to receive
UHF as several Older sets were not built for UHF, If you have a VCR you Should
be able to Tune this into Receive UHF channel 31.
If you are still having trouble ring the channel 31 tuning help line 0n 1300
788 018