TV aerial booster
Good morning, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post, but here goes. We have only been away twice in our new van, both weekends and therefore never used the TV yet, however we are going away for a week at Broadway next week on a serviced pitch. There is TV on the post (I assume this means an aerial point). What cable do I need to buy - there are male / male, female / female and co-axial on the market & I'm not sure what they all mean, what length etc. We have what seems to be an aerial socket in out battery compartment (swift challenger 650) - is this where I connect it? Do I need to do anything with the booster unit in the caravan? Sorry for all the question - but total novices here.
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The sites with TV boosters on the bollards sell exactly what you need. Just remember to turn off the booster in your van. Best to plug the purchased cable directly into back of the TV if possible (through window?). Enjoy.👍 Oh, and don’t forget to retune the TV after plugging into the site booster system.
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Thanks for your replies guys - I'll leave it until I get on site.
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Whenever I use a site TV connection I take the cable in through and adjacent window direct into the TV rather than take the signal through unit system which can sometimes reduce the signal strength.
David
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TV coax cable is 75 ohm (RG59) and you will need two male coax plugs but check in your battery box as our caravan came with an external F type socket for a satellite dish and inside we have the two TV sockets one for the caravan aerial and again a F Type socket so we have a long lead with a normal male coax plug on one end and a F type on the other than runs from the bollard to the battery box plus a short lead that runs from the internal socket to the Tv that is also fitted with a coax and F type plugs
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Yes, connecting to the internal cabling via an external point on the van can cause issues as can inadvertently ‘boosting’ twice via the onboard booster. Sometimes the signal from the roof top aerial can also interfere with that delivered from the bollard. Hence the suggestion to go directly into the back of the TV and therefore bypassing the van’s own system and cabling.
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Some do, my old van was like this so an external aerial mounted on the aframe was also wired through the onboard booster and sockets. It also had an separate external SAT point which terminated next to the TV point in the van. I used this for the site TV cabling by changing the connectors to suit as it was independent of the vans own TV wiring. It took a while to fathom this out and realise the issues caused but once understood and accounted for all was fine. Then the issues came when on a site without a boosted system and in a poor signal area. The van’s own system and aerial in particularly was inadequate.
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Our 2014 Elddis has a connection in the side locker which we found out is for connecting a tv in the awning.
When we run the cable from the hook up to the locker socket and then disconnect the aerial feed into the booster and reconnect the locker cable that carries the signal to the awning and connect it then to the aerial in feed able then to run the 2 tvs inside the van
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