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Units might need TV signal distribution system upgrade
Posted on Friday, March 12 2010 at 3:31 PM
People living in units might be left without television when the analog signal switches off, warns a Queensland body corporate company.
Capitol Body Corporate says many unit dwellers are unaware that their TV signal distribution system will need to be upgraded before the analog system is switched off.
Analog transmission will be switched off and replaced with digital transmission around Australia between 2010 and 2013.
If you live in a house all you have to do is either buy a digital set top box for your TV or buy a new digital TV.
But if you live in a multi unit complex it's a different story – the building might need to upgrade its TV signal distribution system and responsibility for that falls to the body corporate.
A good guide is that if the building was wired after 2004 it's probably digital ready – but will need to be checked to make sure – and if it was wired prior to that it will almost certainly need to be upgraded.
"Although switch off is not scheduled in Queensland until 2011, digital transmission is already in place and if your building upgrades ahead of the deadline, you'll almost certainly pay less than if you leave it to the last minute," says Capital Body Corporate director Ashley Fox.
"And as soon as you have upgraded, all residents in your building will be able to access the much better picture quality of digital TV if they want to."
The upgrade can be performed so that residents can use the old analog system right up until the time the government switches off the actual signal.
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