FORT WORTH, TEXAS: RadioShack isssued dispatch in the final days before the DTV transition telling folks to channel scan. The Shack has sold a good portion of the millions of digital-to-analog converter boxes hooked up to analog TV sets. On Friday, when some 970 full-power TV stations switch entirely to digital transmission, several will move to different channel assignments. Reception will be affected as a result.
“Because some digital stations are moving to different channel numbers after the DTV transition, consumers who have installed digital converter boxes or digital televisions may find it necessary to rescan one or more times on June 12 and the morning of June 13 as broadcast stations complete their upgrades,” the Shack missive states. “This can be done through the converter box set-up menu.”
RadioShack’s Peter Whitsett said store associates would be standing by to help out during the transition and its aftermath. The 5,000-store franchise has a free tutorial in English and Spanish at http://learningcenter.radioshack.com/.
