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Personnaughtyrabbit
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Right, I've bought the telly (Digifusion FD-15 LCD TV as recommended by this site) and I've bought the multi directional aerial (Vision Plus Image 530/18-2 TV & FM Radio Aerial) and at the bottom of my garden, I'm getting a fantastic picture and all the digital channels that come through the freeview box - result!!

However, I'm off for a week to Norfolk and Suffolk in September with my mum (cos the other half can't get the time off work) and want to be fully prepared.  One of the sites that we're stopping at does not get a good signal (according to one of the reviews of the site) so I'm wondering if I need one of those signal booster thingy majiggs as well?  I'm not technical at all, so if you could please answer me in girl-speak!  Can anyone recommend a good cheap one and tell me how and where it plugs in etc?!  Also - what do I need to do/get to make the tv work off 12volt - even my OH thought it would just be a case of plugging it into the socket and it working!!

Thanks

Naughty Rabbit

 


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some campsites get a great signal........others no matter what you do you wont get a signal, and you wont get a normal TV to work on 12v anywhere.


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Personbnmuk
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some boosters are a waste of money, there are some good ones, so best get one that someone has recomended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Hi, if it's a bad reception area a pre-amplifier wont be a tremendous help but if you do use one it will need an electrical supply, probably 12v from the van electrics then plug the antenna lead into the booster and use a patch lead from the box to the tv (or digi box). Don't forget that you will be looking for a signal from a different relay station than the one you use at home so you will need to re-scan and select available channels cos it will be transmitting on  slightly different frequencies than the one at home. Have a look at other vans/houses and see in which direction their antennas are pointing. If it doesn't work then have a game of cards instead, good luck...............Mick


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An amplifier does just that - if its a crap signal youll get an amplified crap signal. DONT plug the TV into 12v directly - the battery supply is often not clean enough and will likely blow the TV up. Without satellite you are at the mercy of the transmitters. When the switchover is complete then the power will be turned up and nearly everywhere will get freeview.

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Quote: Originally posted by Sean P on 15/8/2008
An amplifier does just that - if its a crap signal youll get an amplified crap signal. DONT plug the TV into 12v directly - the battery supply is often not clean enough and will likely blow the TV up. Without satellite you are at the mercy of the transmitters. When the switchover is complete then the power will be turned up and nearly everywhere will get freeview.

Sorry to disagree, but how can the 12v supply from a battery NOT be clean enough? No Mains ripple, no mains spikes.

 


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Yes 12v DC is clean, how many times has your in car dvd player or phone, or satvan etc.. blown up whislt running from you cars 12v battery.

What you thinking off is overvoltage which can damage certain tft based displays. (battery putting out 13v not 12v etc...

And any 12v TV is designed espically for 12v so saying don't run it from a battery is a bit odd, off course there should always be a suitable fuse between your tv and battery, as within any item connected. no fuse = risk of fire if something breaks.

I have seen in the equipment section an adapter that regulates it to 12v but if the TV manual doesn't mention using one then there should be no need, if it does damage it then it goes back to the supplier.



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Quote: Originally posted by tartan-tearaway on 15/8/2008
some campsites get a great signal........others no matter what you do you wont get a signal, and you wont get a normal TV to work on 12v anywhere.
you will with an inverter.... i will be using one for 10 days next friday onwards rally with no electrics...2 x 110 amp batteries and a 15w solar panel with a genny to charge up the batteries during the day for an hour or two ...getting back to the question if on electrics you can get a maxview one that has in and out sockets and plugs into a socket just need another short length of co-ax cable and 2 connectors


PersonWhatamess
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I can't help with anything to do with boosting signals but just thought I'd stick my oar in here about tuning in.

I've never considered myself "girly" and I'm certainly not blond, but I am very embarassed by what I did this year with my new all-singing all-dancing TV. I had tried it out at home and it all worked OK.

I went away for a couple of weekends and couldn't get it to work, no matter what I did, despite the fact that other people had brilliant pictures. I was getting a bit despondent, having just spent £150 on it and already sold the old one.

Then I went on my main holiday and had the same problems. In the end I phoned the customer help line - and she talked me through tuning it in!

This is the first time I've moved a new TV - in the past I've just plugged in, got a rotten picture and tuned it in with the + and - buttons. With this new one, you get nothing except a message saying "no signal" and you have to go through the whole set-up process each time.

Nora



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hi might be worth checking some sites provide a hook up for the tv in the electric hook up post might be worth a phone call to site then you only need a lenth of coax cable and ends


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Nora, that's exactly why I mentioned it. We've all done it, feel so stupid after you realise.........Mick



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