Black shadow picture on 12v TV

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edited September 2016 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

Can anyone offer advice as to why my 12v LED TV has a black shadow on the picture and is unwatchable? We have to run the TV off the battery as we have no electric when we are away. We have tried a couple of TVs but they are all the same. 

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  • young thomas
    young thomas Club Member Posts: 11,357 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited September 2016 #2

    if youve tried a couple of tvs and have the same issue than i would say there is a fault in the wiring from the aerial to the tv, assuming youre running it off a digital aerial...

    suggest you have a look at the conmections at each end of the fly lead....or swap the fly lead for another one....

  • briantimber
    briantimber Forum Participant Posts: 1,653
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    edited September 2016 #3

    Is it a problem with your viewing angle? May sound silly but quite a few smal tv's tend to go negative when viewed from too narrow an angle vertically or horizontally.....Cool

  • ClubMemberF35588456C
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    edited September 2016 #4

    We have recently changed caravan and this problem has occured with both caravans. We have just bought a new tv thinking it was the tv at fault, and the same problem again. Is it something with the new style flat screen tvs or the power?

  • brightstar2
    brightstar2 Forum Participant Posts: 128
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    edited September 2016 #5

    As previously stated- check the angle of screen you are watching- a couple of degrees up or downward can play havoc with led transmissions- couodceven be tge way you are sitting / lying!!

  • ClubMemberF35588456C
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    edited September 2016 #6

    The screen view does alter the picture and it goes 'negative'. I used to have one of the old Goodmans Tvs (the big square box ones) and never had a problem. Is there a TV that does not have this problem as it really annoying? 

  • SteveL
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    edited September 2016 #7

    The Avtex we now have seems to have a much wider tolerance  than the cheap (£100) one we used to use. However, at over 3 times the price, adjusting your viewing position is a more cost effective option. I am not sure we would have gone out and bought one
    as such, ours came with the van.

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited September 2016 #8

    We have a similar 'problem'. In our case it is not a problem really. Our TV in the van usually only comes out of the cupboard for a few days of ourChristmas break. Where OH sits the image is fine. For me it depends where I position myself. We have the TV
    on a side table but could place it on the front drawer unit if we wished. To be honest I am not fussed with TV and so as long as OH can view it over a few days at Christmas that is fine. It stays in a cupboard for the other 80+ days of caravan usage.

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