Outside Tv points
were on our first proper site and there is no to tv reception but there is a box outside which the tv will work with. Any tips on where people use to get the cable in the van. There are lots of flies midgies so we don't want window open when we watch Eurovision tonight..,..sad I know.
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And, if you can, apply a smear of insect repellant of your choice to a strip of kitchen roll and trap that in the window where the cable is.
The type of repellant depends where you are so you could always ask Site Wardens who may even have a supply on sale, but there are :--
Jungle Formula -- Been round for a long time
Smidge that Midge -- fairly recent on the market ( Designed by Aberdeen Uni I think
)Avon Skin So Soft -- despite the usual comments it is claimed to be most efficient and used by the Forces in Afghanistan ( but it didnt repel the Taliban alas )
Several others around but have slipped my mind.
P.S. -- No problems with Eurovision I always did like a sadistic comedy show
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The advice about entry via a window assumes you haven’t got a direct connection in the battery compartment. Don’t know if being on your first proper site means you might be new to your caravan as well, and may not have thought to check if there is a connecting socket for the aerial in the battery box. You may also need a male/female coax connector.
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Having had several caravans and motorhomes, none with external access points, I've always found/made a discrete and watertight access/connector point. If your van is in warranty period just be careful to hide the ingress made, and make sure to mastic it well to maintain watertightness. The wheel arch plastic moulding has proved that answer on two occasions!
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Our Affinity has an external satellite and tv aerial connections, however the tv point is to use one in the awning.
The connection from the roof aerial to the booster is removed and then I connect the cable for the outside to the input. Then connect the feed from the external aerial feed and this works perfectly well.
We often have to do this as our van has the 'stick' aerial which is not particularly reliable.
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Some caravans have an external satellite input socket, usually in the battery box. This can be used for the cable between the bollard and the caravan but you will need an 'F' type / RF cable adapter both for this socket and also for the fly lead from the television to the satellite socket inside the caravan. This saves having to have the cable going through a window but, as others have said, you can completely close the window as the cable will just squash the rubber seal. The adapters are very cheap.
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And there is always the option of using a flat co-ax cable .... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sky-Freesat-TV-Flat-Coaxial-Cable-for-Windows-Doors-Satellite-Cable-F-Type/152813369438?hash=item239462f85e:g:Y98AAOSwdx1aJFKHhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sky-Freesat-TV-Flat-Coaxial-Cable-for-Windows-Doors-Satellite-Cable-F-Type/152813369438?hash=item239462f85e:g:Y98AAOSwdx1aJFKH
I've never used one though as I've either found a spare cable entry point or connected to the external telly point.
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1T1. I have some adaptors as when I bought what I wanted it was cheaper to buy 10. send me your address I will give you some.
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The aerial connectors on the side of the caravan can be confusing. Some are set up so that 1. You can connect to the side of the van and watch TV in the awning, and some are set up so that 2. You can connect the aerial point on the bollard to the side of the van and watch the TV in the Caravan.
Ours is set up for 1, but we want to use it for 2, so we need to change where the end of the cable goes at the amplifier in the cupboard. Our external wire goes to imput 3 of the amplifier, but to use it as an aerial imput, it needs to go into the aerial imput (.... the same input as the roof aerial). This means switching the wires over everytime you want to us the point on the side of the van. What I intend to do is to do a more permanent fix by using a splitter at the amplifier end so I can plug in both the roof aerial and the aerial wire leading to the input at the side of the van.
I know of someone who has successfully done this and the result is the picture below. To write it all down appears complicated, but in reality it is a really simple fix.
Our problem at the moment is that when Bailey made the van, they left the wire to the side of the van in an enclosed area behind the front speaker. They sy it is easy to get out by removing the speaker and poking the wire through, but I can't budge the speaker cover so I'm leaving it to the service department.
When it's all done it should look like this.. (before and after). N.B. The wire to the side of the caravan is missing at the moment on ours (It's stuck behind the cupboard) - normally its on input 3 (and has to be moved to aerial)
David
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I have used the flat coax type of aerial cable for 4 years now because the aerial on my Elddis is a stick type which is a poor aerial at best of times, bought it off e-bay for only a couple of pounds, its only about a foot long, one end connects via a tv cable to tv, the other to a normal coax cable outside to outside aerial or box, works brilliantly through a window or door without damaging any seals, worth every penny.
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David,
I struggled to remove the speaker in my Bailey caravan when I needed to retrieve the power lead for the aerial amplifier which had fallen back into the hole. It was simple to remove the speaker once I realised that the mesh can be easily prised out of the surround using a small screwdriver.
Having fed the power lead back I secured it to the others with a tie wrap ;-)
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I just use the Satellite connection in the battery box on my Elddis with an adaptor on the input and one at the TV end. As said the adaptors are so cheap. its the easiest way assuming you have an external connection that is?
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Thanks everyone, particularly the person that offered to post us an adaptor . I am informed that we do have an adaptor but we think it's at home with our original manuals. We are using the window option at the moment...good too 're the insect repellents .ed have a supply of smidge the midge. We will retrieve our adaptor and experiment next time we on a similar site.
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