INFORMATION IMPORTANTE
For the Users in France
Changes affecting your use of GUIDE Plus+
The French government has decided that Analogue transmission of TV channels will be stopped before the end of 2011. The signal will be switched off on a regional basis between the end of this year and the end of 2011.
Presently your GUIDE Plus+ recorder uses the analogue signal of Canal+ as host broadcaster for receiving its data. As part of the ongoing transition to Digital broadcasting, the Analogue Canal+ service that provides information to your GUIDE Plus+ unit will stop broadcasting between November 2009 and end of 2010. Today there is no other means of transmitting GUIDE Plus+ data in France.
The below timetable provides the dates of Canal+ to switch off its Analogue transmission in the different regions of France. When this occurs all GUIDE Plus+ recorders in France will stop receiving the Canal+ channel and as a result will also be unable to receive data so this feature will no longer be available.
| Area |
Switch off date (all TV except Canal+) |
Switch off date (Canal+) |
| Nord-Cotentin (emprise du site régional de Cherbourg-Digosville) |
18 November 2009 |
| Alsace |
2 February 2010 |
| Basse-Normandie |
9 March 2010 |
| Pays-de-Loire |
18 May 2010 |
| Bretagne |
8 June 2010 |
| Champagne-Ardenne |
28 September 2010 |
| Lorraine |
28 September 2010 |
| Poitou-Charentes |
19 October 2010 |
| Centre |
19 October 2010 |
| Franche-Comté |
November 2010 |
| Bourgogne |
November 2010 |
| Sites régionaux de Besançon, Gex, Privas, Limoges, Chambéry |
2010 |
| Nord |
7 December 2010 |
14 April 2010* |
| Picardie |
1st half 2011 |
14 April 2010* |
| Haute-Normandie |
1st half 2011 |
9 March 2010* |
| Ile-de-France |
8 March 2011 |
24 November 2010* |
| Aquitaine |
1st half 2011 |
6 May 2010* |
| Limousin |
1st half 2011 |
2nd quarter 2010* |
| Corse |
1st half 2011 |
6 May 2010* |
| Auvergne |
1st half 2011 |
2nd quarter 2010* |
| Rhône-Alpes |
1st half 2011 |
22 September 2010* |
| Midi-Pyrénées |
2nd half 2011 |
13 October 2010* |
| Languedoc-Roussillon |
2nd half 2011 |
13 October 2010* |
| Alpes |
2nd half 2011 |
25 November 2009* |
| Côte d’Azur |
2nd half 2011 |
25 November 2009* |
| Provence |
2nd half 2011 |
25 November 2009* |
Last update: 04-02-2010
* The areas (marked in orange) are the ones where Canal+ will be removed
earlier than the other analogue TVs.
If your product has a built in Television Numerique Terrestre (TNT) tuner you can switch to the TNT Guide. Other operations of your product will remain unaffected by this. Details on using the TNT Guide can be found in your instruction manual.
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