Users must reprogram tv starting this Thursday – Informer.com.mx

• Benefit to viewers with greater choice of channels

The rearrangement of licensees and permittees enters into force this October 27,

MEXICO CITY (27/OCT/2016).- starting this Thursday, the users of broadcast tv that have a tv connected to a decoder, you must reprogram the channels, due to the rearrangement of the licensees and permittees of tv broadcast, which gives way to the virtual channels.

according To the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT), the recent models are reprogramarán automatically, and in the case of analog tv or not to reschedule, you must re-tune your channels to receiving equipment.

For this purpose, it is necessary to press the “menu” key on the tv remote control and select installation or configuration.

After that, users will have to select “channel search” or some similar option and choose “search for new channels” or “tune to new”.

once completed the above steps, the tv will take a few minutes to m ake the adjustment, once you are finished and are found the available channels, the user will have to select “quit”.

Among the benefits of the transition to Digital Television are the biggest supply of channels, some in high-definition, in addition to a greater choice of content, the better quality of picture and sound.

on the other hand, the new channels will be services interactive programming guides, audio options and subtitles, among others.

The IFT has been pointed out that the rearrangement of the channels will not affect the way they see television users of any cable television service or satellite, all time that licensees are obliged to include in his offer the broadcast television channels that are currently in each location, at no extra cost.

according To the regulator, the channels are called “virtual” because its identification can be defined regar dless of their physical location, since before the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), we could only see one number per channel on the tv, now the virtual channel is composed by a primary number and a secondary number.

As part of this process, the signal of Azteca 13 will be the first tune of the mexican public, since it will occupy the channel 1.1 at the national level, followed by The Stars of Televisa in the 2.1.