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Channel 31 is transmitted on the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band. Televisions have tuners that allow different channel settings to be memorized and stored on pre - selected positions on the television. The instructions that came with your television set are the best guide for tuning as the methods vary from model to model. The instructionâs below are for some of the more common and for some older sets.

Before tuning in you television set make sure the AFT (Automatic Fine Tuning) is switched off. On some sets this will occur automatically when the panel door or drawer is opened.

Rotating Turret tuner and UHF Fine Tuner

Turn the turret channel selector to U. Rotate the UHF fine tuner to 31 for the Mt Dandenong transmitter or 64 for the Como transmitter. On some sets it may be necessary to press a VHF/UHF button. You may need to alter the band selector in the tuning control section.

The UHF band is identified on the television tuner with the letter U (VL, VH, U) or C (A, B, C) The set then needs to be fine tuned to frequency channel 31 for Mt Dandenong or frequency channel 64 for Como ( South Yarra ).

Allow the set to scan all bands to find each individual channel and lock each into a nominated pre-set channel. Press the pre-set button and the tuning band VH(L). VH(H) or UHF will come onto the screen. The tuner will then automatically search for and memorize the television signals as they are located in order, and display the number it has automatically allocated for each one.

Each channel selection button has its own band selector switch and fine tuning control- any station can be tuned to any button. When fine tuning is completed close the panel, drawer or door, and turn on the Automatic Fine Tuning (AFT) Mt Dandenong Como Broadcaster Band selector Channel Band selector Channel 31 UHF (U) 31 UHF (U) 64.

ABC VHFL (LVL) 2 UHF(U) 61 Seven VHFH(VH) 7 UHF(U) 49 Nine VHFH(VH) 9 UHF(U) 52 Ten VHFH(VH) 10 UHF(U) 55 SBS UHF(U) 28 UHF(U) 58.

Channel 31 can be found at 548.25 Mhz