Status aerials
Hello
We're a few weeks away from taking delivery of a Chausson 530 Motorhome and naturally enough are very excited about it!
My suppliers/dealers seems to be offer liitle in the way of helpful advice or opinion about the Status aerial that they will be installing - I have read many (oldish!) postings suggesting they are next to useless - Can anyone offer any more up to date feedback on the performance of these aerials? (BTW, I was really hoping to get a fancy,self-seeking, fixed satalite dish, but the £2000+ price tag helped me change my mind!).
Help and recommendations appreciated please?
Best regards
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The latest status arials are far better as they are directional, than the old style round ones,just make sure that the installation includes the amplifier, the other thing that is useful is to get a 25mtr min tv lead that can be used on sites that have a tv hook up facility, that can be connected direct to tv
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Whilst we don't watch TV I did try our diectional status when we first got present caravan in 2012. tried it at probably a dozen sites and seemed fine. Having said that, out of interest, I also tried the older omnidirectional one. Out of curiosity when folk
were saying how bad they were. Whilst maybe not as good they did not seem to bad after the digital changeover.0 -
The Status as pictured - is it the 530? - is, in my experience, very good. It would be my aerial of choice with a booster, maybe. I agree that the omnidirectional ones are not good.
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Just as a aside ,its only in the last couple of years that i found out that the pointy status arial has to travel blunt end forward ,as if its pointy end forward,it is under "stress" and can damage the joint into the roof of the LV
You mean you didn't read the manual?
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Just as a aside ,its only in the last couple of years that i found out that the pointy status arial has to travel blunt end forward ,as if its pointy end forward,it is under "stress" and can damage the joint into the roof of the LV
You mean you didn't read the manual?
...What manual
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Just as a aside ,its only in the last couple of years that i found out that the pointy status arial has to travel blunt end forward ,as if its pointy end forward,it is under "stress" and can damage the joint into the roof of the LV
You mean you didn't read the manual?
...What manual
At one time I could have provided an on line link to where is said so, but their web page is different now & says nothing about how it should be stowed for travelling.
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Just as a aside ,its only in the last couple of years that i found out that the pointy status arial has to travel blunt end forward ,as if its pointy end forward,it is under "stress" and can damage the joint into the roof of the LV
You mean you didn't read the manual?
...What manual
At one time I could have provided an on line link to where is said so, but their web page is different now & says nothing about how it should be stowed for travelling.
The dealer who sold us the caravan told us it was pointy end forward and that's what we did for years.
Then I read (probably on here) that it's supposed to be blunt end forward, so I do that now.
That said, it didn't seem to harm it......not even the time when I drove all the way home with the mast still extended
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The dealer who sold us the caravan told us it was pointy end forward and that's what we did for years.
Then I read (probably on here) that it's supposed to be blunt end forward, so I do that now.
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Just seen one earlier pointing sideways .....
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Hi
We have a similar Status aerial fitted to our van. The instructions for travelling are for it to be in the vertical position, in the down position and the pointy end forwards.
The internal shaft in the wardrobe has a red mark on it and this is best facing the front of the van, which in turn has the pointy end forwards.
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Hi
We have a similar Status aerial fitted to our van. The instructions for travelling are for it to be in the vertical position, in the down position and the pointy end forwards.
The internal shaft in the wardrobe has a red mark on it and this is best facing the front of the van, which in turn has the pointy end forwards.
Write your comments here...Well,err, mine says Horizontal position and pointy bit to rear when travelling! Would never consider travelling with the aerial in the vertical position.
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Hi
We have a similar Status aerial fitted to our van. The instructions for travelling are for it to be in the vertical position, in the down position and the pointy end forwards.
The internal shaft in the wardrobe has a red mark on it and this is best facing the front of the van, which in turn has the pointy end forwards.
Write your comments here...Well,err, mine says Horizontal position and pointy bit to rear when travelling! Would never consider travelling with the aerial in the vertical position.
Write your comments here...You are correct, Travel with it in the Horizontal position.
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That's all as clear as mud then.....
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Hi
We have a similar Status aerial fitted to our van. The instructions for travelling are for it to be in the vertical position, in the down position and the pointy end forwards.
The internal shaft in the wardrobe has a red mark on it and this is best facing the front of the van, which in turn has the pointy end forwards.
Don't know where you've found that. The red dot therefore the pointy end of the aerial should face the REAR of the caravan.
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Hi
We have a similar Status aerial fitted to our van. The instructions for travelling are for it to be in the vertical position, in the down position and the pointy end forwards.
The internal shaft in the wardrobe has a red mark on it and this is best facing the front of the van, which in turn has the pointy end forwards.
Don't know where you've found that. The red dot therefore the pointy end of the aerial should face the REAR of the caravan.
I'd guess that it was in the instructions......
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Hi
We have a similar Status aerial fitted to our van. The instructions for travelling are for it to be in the vertical position, in the down position and the pointy end forwards.
The internal shaft in the wardrobe has a red mark on it and this is best facing the front of the van, which in turn has the pointy end forwards.
Don't know where you've found that. The red dot therefore the pointy end of the aerial should face the REAR of the caravan.
I'd guess that it was in the instructions......
The harris about face destruction manual then ....
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The red dot is there to indicate the pointy end (front end if you wish ) of the aerial and help you point it towards the transmitter.
That is seperate to where you need to point the aerial when in transit.
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The red dot is there to indicate the pointy end (front end if you wish ) of the aerial and help you point it towards the transmitter.
That is seperate to where you need to point the aerial when in transit.
Then surely they are one in the same thing!
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Checking the instructions for mine, they says:
"When travelling adjust so that the red spot on the bottom of the mast points to the rear. The red spot indicates the front of the antenna."
It dosn't say which is the front or back of the aerial
so I will have to look next time I'm at my van.0 -
I think that there is much confusion here. My criticism of the status aerial fitted to my van was directed at the newer "stick" type aerial. Its about 8 inches long and is black in colour, it looks like a car aerial, not the previous large aerial shown in an earlier post.
I later discovered that my problems with the new "stick" aerial were resolved when I fitted a 4G shield to the TV between it and the aerial input lead. My 4G smart phone on the O2 frequency had been upsetting it.
I now have good pictures even with the phone switched on.
TF
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Checking the instructions for mine, they says:
"When travelling adjust so that the red spot on the bottom of the mast points to the rear.
The red spot indicates the front of the antenna."It dosn't say which is the front or back of the aerial
so I will have to look next time I'm at my van.The manual has said which is the front ..... ie the end that coincides with the red spot and points the back when travelling. The Staus aerials are just like any other tv aerial but inside a fancy stream lined cover
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I'd read that the "woes" of the omnidirectional aerials had been alleviated greatly by the switchover to full digital (increased transmitter powers compared to pre-switchover digital transmissions)
With this in mind, we borrowed a TV from a friend and gave our old (315?) omnidirectional aerial a test near Thirsk at weekend.
247 "channels" found (from 2 regions)
National channels (BBC2, C4/5, Film 4 etc) were all 90-100% strength and quality on the (on-screen) signal display.
Regional channels (BBC1, ITV etc. ) were poor in some cases on the "Yorkshire" variations but fine on the North East regional variation.
Our conclusion, stronger transmissions will alleviate any of the reception issues prevelant when the caravan was manufactured 10 years ago (and we could bin the "directional" aerial rattling about in the front locker)
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