Silent Hill: Townfall CRTV: Tuning, RGB Alignment and Controls

Raise the CRTV, lock onto broadcasts and align RGB signals. Learn the PS5 tuning sequence, motion-control option and precautions around nearby enemies.

Updated 2026-10-029 sources

Quick answer

Raise Simon’s CRTV with L1 on PS5. For a broadcast, tune until the tracking dot enters its box and confirm with X. For a radio alignment puzzle, stabilize the tilt first, then align the RGB colors with the directional controls. Enemy tracking and collectible video signals serve different purposes.

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A CRTV showing a fine-tuning signal bar beside a desk covered with papers — The CRTV displays a tuning signal beside a desk. Official Steam screenshot, © Konami / Screen Burn.

Handheld television: CRTV
Raise it on PS5: L1
Threats and story clues: Signals

Look for information before choosing a route

Screen Burn describes the CRTV as an evolution of the series’ radio: the screen adds information to the familiar warning of nearby danger. The useful question is what that information changes about your next move. If a passage looks clear but the device reveals a nearby threat, pause before stepping into it. A warning gives you a reason to inspect the surroundings; it does not tell you that an enemy can safely be attacked.

Use the screen alongside your surroundings

A sensible routine is to check the device, look at the space ahead, and then decide whether to move or observe from cover. This is a suggested way to use the revealed mechanics, not a tested route through a particular encounter. Keep these decisions separate:

Find out whether something is nearby before choosing where to go.
Look around available cover to understand the visible route.
If a creature has noticed you, reconsider the route instead of assuming the warning alone will protect you.

Broadcasts are clues, too

Not every signal concerns a creature. The developers also describe transmissions that reveal story information and help with challenges. When a broadcast draws your attention, consider what it says about the place or problem in front of you. Treat the device as something to investigate with, rather than checking it only when you expect an attack. A signal’s narrative meaning and its use in a puzzle may be connected.

Follow the early house broadcast (location spoilers)

Match the pharmacy broadcast to its posters (puzzle spoilers)

Align RGB signals in the right order

When you find an interactable radio, start its alignment puzzle. Adjust the CRTV tilt until the moving colors settle; only then use the directional controls to place the colors inside their boxes. If the colors are still moving, return to the tilt stage. On PS5, turning off Enable CRTV Motion Sensor controls in Control Options allows stick-based adjustment. Follow the displayed bindings on PC.

Use the completed pharmacy broadcast to solve its locker

Check for enemies before watching a broadcast

Do not assume that raising the screen makes the surrounding area safe. On September 24, players reported being attacked during signal viewing at 5 South Brae. This is a community observation, not a confirmed bug or a verified fix. Check the patrol and escape route first; if an enemy is nearby, prioritize getting clear before starting optional viewing.

Survive a roaming Weight encounter

Collectible signals versus enemy tracking

Sweeping Signals concerns video broadcasts, rather than every enemy-tracking frequency. Reviewed launch guides disagree on the complete inventory: PowerPyx and GIGA list 18 entries, while GameRant lists 19 and includes a CEG Tower security-room radio. We have not resolved that discrepancy, so this controls guide does not promise an exhaustive count. Frequencies are approximate and some appear after particular objectives; a number alone does not establish that a broadcast is currently available.

Need a different PC key to raise the CRTV?

Use the keyboard guide to find Controller Mapping and compare Hold with Toggle. It also explains current reports of restricted mouse-side-button assignments. The tuning sequence remains separate from how you raise the device.

Find CRTV keybinds and hold/toggle controls

Check a PC decrease-frequency binding that does nothing

Common questions

Is the CRTV just the old Silent Hill radio?

It builds on that idea, but its screen and broadcasts give it a more active role in investigation. It is a pocket television used for both threat information and story signals.

Does the CRTV provide every puzzle answer?

The developer says it can help with challenges, not that it replaces all observation or puzzle solving. Match a broadcast to its local clues; there is no single frequency that solves every puzzle.

REFERENCE RECORD

Sources used for this page

Developer announcementScreen Burn: first-person gameplay and the CRTVFebruary 12, 2026. The developer describes the television’s threat and broadcast functions, melee and ranged combat, peeking, and enemies hunting Simon. Reviewed September 21, 2026.Developer announcementScreen Burn: release, characters and PS5 featuresJune 2, 2026. The developers introduce Zoe and Simon, narrative puzzles, enemies that must be evaded, the CRTV and motion-controlled tuning. Reviewed September 21, 2026.Published hands-on reportPhil Hornshaw: nine changes in first personSeptember 21, 2026. A PlayStation Blog contributor’s hands-on account supports the PS5 button references and the danger of entering a locker while watched. This is a reported experience, not a playtest by this site.Published collectible walkthroughPowerPyx: CRTV tuning and signal routeSeptember 21, checked September 24, 2026. Supports tracking-dot confirmation and tilt-then-RGB tuning. Its 18-entry count differs from later coverage, so it does not establish an exhaustive count here.Illustrated gameplay guideGIGA: CRTV tuning and radio interactionsSeptember 24, 2026. All gallery entries inspected through the browser. Corroborates tuning stages and differentiates video signals from enemy tracking. Its 18-entry inventory is not used as a definitive total.Illustrated launch walkthroughGameRant: additional CRTV radio listingSeptember 23, checked September 24, 2026. Lists 19 entries, including a CEG Tower security-room radio omitted from the 18-entry guides. The inventory discrepancy remains unresolved; no complete count is asserted.Community observationPlayers report attacks during CRTV viewingSeptember 24, 2026. The author and a reply report being attacked while viewing a signal at 5 South Brae. This is not confirmation of a bug, universal behavior or a tested fix.First-hand community input reportsSteam players: keyboard mapping and mouse-button restrictionsSeptember 23–26, checked September 26, 2026. Describes Controller Mapping under Control Options, mouse 4/5 working for flashlight but not sprint, and difficulty remapping other actions. These are launch-player observations, not a complete binding matrix.Independent community play reportsResetEra players: CRTV Toggle and mouse-side-button limitsLaunch-week thread checked September 26, 2026. A player describes using Q with Toggle after mouse-side-button limitations. Supports the availability of the hold/toggle choice, not a universal best binding.

Once you have located a threat, learn how to look around cover and break its line of sight.