using the DVB-T on the site EHU pillar
I know you can put the co-axial cable from the EHU pillar through a window and directly into the pillar, but can anyone advise how to utilise the external satelite point on a Bailey unicorn? I know I would need to use the 'F' connection adaptor, but what would I need to changes around on the vision plus unit to get the signal to both TV points?
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Not sure about your bailey but a coax connector for the bollard, then an f connector the other end for the van. In my van I then connect to the internal f connector with a short lead and have a coax the other end for the tv. Hope that makes sense?
JK
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I want to do a similar thing. This is what I found out. The first photo is my existing set-up inside the cupboard.
The wire from the external socket is not visible. Most folk have found the wire in the cavity/boxed area behind the speaker. You just need to prise off the speaker cover, and undo the speaker screws to gain access, push the wire through and re-assemble. It's meant to be an easy job but I can't get the speaker cover off so I'm leaving it for the service people to do, rather than for me to botch the wood up, prising it off.
This wire should then be connected to the point where the aerial goes. Alternatively, I intend to install a more permanent solution. Someone elsewhere posted the second photo. I've bought the splitter and wires (They came as a job lot and cost less than a fiver. Connect the splitter to the aerial point and connect the existing aerial wire and the external aerial wire to the splitter. I've been assured that this will work. See second photo.
Hope this helps
David
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On our U3 Vigo The tail of one the cables on our Vision Plus box has a blue taped tag on it, this is the cable that is connected to the satellite input or DVB output on the side of the van.
If I want the input from the site bollard I change the cables about so the blue cable goes to Ant In... Simples to quote the Meerkats.
Works for us, found out about this in a previous forum post.
Hope you have same result
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Thats basically what the splitter does in my second photo sbove which I'll copy anal below) except it means you dont have to keep connecting and re-connecting. Using a splitter means both are connected all the time.
David
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...except it's not acting as a splitter as its 'merging' a continuous signal from the aerial and from the bollard, when that is plugged in....
when the bollard signal is not present, the aerial signal should work fine, however, with a signal from two sources at once, it may be that the TV tuner can decode them....I have no experience of this, but it doesn't 'seem' right.
i would have preferred the additional box to be a 'switcher' that can change the source signal from aerial to bollard and vice versa...
however, as we never use the bollard (mostly satellite, sometimes DTV) I couldn't be sure...
..but I have used plenty of other AV equipment with signals from different sources and, generally, kit likes to have a clear signal from one source, rather than two simultaneous signals....
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Possibly because we also have a roof sat dome, we were getting lots of reception problems trying to use the site connector. As our van is a U2 and does not have the big fridge, we always use our TV on top of the drawer unit mid way down the van. Therefore I just unscrewed the coaxial cable from the back of the battery box connector, easily accessed under the bed and replaced it with a direct lead, f at battery box end normal at tv end and pushed it through from under the bed.
So now I can either plug this in for a direct feed from the EHU, or connect to the caravan wall socket for feed from the status aerial, or roof sat dome, depending how I connect cables on the vision plus box. We normally leave it set up for satellite and then if we can't get reception because of trees, switch it to the terrestrial aerial if there is no EHU connection,
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