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Dorset Paul

16/8/2011 at 2:44pm
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Stayed for a week in Looe, Cornwall at Tregoad Park a couple of weeks ago. The Status Ariel on the van was either not strong enough or we were to close to the building to get a signal so had to revert to the Ariel and extension pole, which was fine. But nearly everyday, strangely the Ariel would need moving to get a signal. So thought about getting a signal finder.

Are they any good and if so which would you recommend.

Thanks

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amaboverd

16/8/2011 at 2:54pm
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hubby uses ours all the time ,works a treat,

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murano

16/8/2011 at 2:56pm
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As above hubby uses ours and no problems :)

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Dorset Paul

16/8/2011 at 3:06pm
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Which ones do you guys have?? I mean Signal finders, not husbands!!

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PETE199

16/8/2011 at 3:10pm
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I hope they do work because I have just bought the FRINGE one for £24.95 from Amazon ( free postage ).

I will tell you if they work in 2 weeks time from the Isle of Wight.

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ellers52

16/8/2011 at 3:34pm
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I got a cheap LED one off e bay for about a tenner and it works fine..

Just search for tv signal meter and there are a hunded or so..

millermicm

16/8/2011 at 3:48pm
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I just point my aerial the same way as everyone else on site. It works for me.

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17/8/2011 at 7:24am
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Make sure it is one for digital TV and move the aerial slowly.

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17/8/2011 at 12:20pm
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used to use a signal finder, but bought a tiny little free veiw box for the tin tent, now don't use the signal finder as when we set up ,we retune telly the ' box puts a signal strength reading on the screen so i just adjust the aerial til i get a good signal reading and away we go

works for me anyway ,but i'm no techy

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Bob the Builder

18/8/2011 at 3:15pm
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Like Pete above, I have the Fringe Electronics TV signal finder. Works a treat for both analogue and digital signals.

A few seconds adjusting the aerial until the most LED's come on, plug the TV in, hit autotune and it's all done.

Bob

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19/8/2011 at 1:00am
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just pop the post code of the site in here take a compass and point in the right direction, works for me every time

Jon

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phil75

22/8/2011 at 1:36am
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I got one from amazon recently and it works a treat. Makes setting up the TV a doddle. Just type it into the search engine and its the best selling one that is highly rated. It's made by PHILEX and costs about £10.

LobeyDosser

22/8/2011 at 3:51am
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This is the one we use all the time.

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22/8/2011 at 9:53am
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I had a Labgear signal finder and found it mediocre at best and not hugely reliable. I replaced it with the Fringe 8LED version; see this link from Amazon; and found it to be far superior and provides a better indication of signal strength too.
I'd recommend this model having tried both the 'budget' brand and this model.

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dancinglilly

22/8/2011 at 10:12am
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My uncle uses one, he said it's brill
Amy

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Vic Wildish

22/8/2011 at 6:42pm
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It may well be me, but I bought one from Maplin which on the face of it seemed fine but I'm damned if I can understand how it works. All this talk of azimuth and compasses being pointed to a southern sky seem beyond my comprehension.Just what is azimuth and how do you determine it?

The instructions seem fine on the face of it but it doesn't do it for me. So I resort to seeing how others on site have set their dishes up and copy them. 9/10 times this works for me.

Vic

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