Setting up of tv

MikeSheila
MikeSheila Forum Participant Posts: 3
edited May 2017 in Caravans #1

We have just returned to caravan ingredients after retirement and would like some advice. 

Our van is 2 berth and have no sockets for a TV. 

It would be handy in the morning or evening to switch on.

Any advice would be helpful. Is a satellite dish the easiest and for decent reception. 

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  • Tinwheeler
    Tinwheeler Forum Participant Posts: 23,151 ✭✭✭
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    edited May 2017 #2

    Do you mean 240v sockets, 12v sockets, or aerial sockets? I've not yet come across a van without them.

    In my experience a satellite system is not the easiest and, since the whole country went digital, terrestrial reception is pretty good in most areas.

  • ocsid
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    edited May 2017 #3

    I agree with "tinwheeler" that a satellite system other than a self-seeking is for many not the easiest to set up and that now with the terrestrial being digital it is possible to get a workable signal in most places. [in the UK]

    This does involve both pointing an aerial towards a local transmitter and re-tuning the TV if using in a location where that transmitter was not the last one used. I would strongly recommend one of the directional type.

    Any decent caravan or domestic aerial will do, there is no real "need" to seek buying one for specifically "digital" use; they all are.

    Something of this type is a practical effective caravanning product;

    http://www.visionplus.co.uk/shop/image-420-uhf-antenna-digital-and-analogue-reception.html

    If the aerial has not a first rate amplifier then this one from Fringe is a good investment; it features a scale indicating signal strength which aids in blind pointing at a strong local signal, a pre-requisite before setting the TV to do an "auto-tune" for that location.

    http://www.fringeelectronics.co.uk/12vleisure.html

    Having said that satellite is not the easiest solution, it is the most reliable at getting a signal and far from challenging if one "invests" a little time in practicing the technique. With an adequate sized dish it also allows watching UK channels on much of the near continent.

  • groovy cleaner
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    edited May 2017 #4

    well tin wheeler come and see my Romahome it doesn't have a TV socket and only one 13 amp socket for plugging anything in frown so in order to watch TV I purchased from a club site a long Ariel lead with ends on ,one I put on my TV at the back ,throw rest out of window and put the other end on the TV booster system on the bollard on site hence the reason I go to all the same places where I know they have the booster system on the bollard smile

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited May 2017 #5

    Mmm, but the OP had a 2 berth caravan and we still don't know what type of sockets it's lacking.

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