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After years of being disappointed with the quality of picture we got with the Status Aerial getting analogue signal I have to say that I have sort of changed my mind when it comes to getting a digital signal. On several occassions we have go a perfect picture with both the round aerial and the new directional status one. I think the directional Status gives you more options. Strangely I found we immediately got a better picture by using a TV with a built in digital tuner rather than a set top box. In the end however we went for a satellite dish as we wanted to use it abroad.

David

We occasionally have problems with TV reception but generally there is little problem using the standard caravan TV aerial.  We use a TV with built in digital/freeview.  The TV also has a built in DVD player so we just take a few DVD's with us in case we're desperate.  Many of the better sites that have a known problem with TV reception will have seperate aerial connections (usually on the EHU bollard) for caravanners to plug in to.  As has already been mentioned, we have found that areas that have already fully switched over to digital have provided us with good reception.  The worst reception we got was in an area that was switching over to digital and shutting down analogue the week we were there - the channels were all over the place.

My thoughts are that there is no need for an additional aerial (I don't think there is any such thing as a 'digital' aerial thought - but I stand to be corrected!).  IMHO I would just get your existing aerial checked out to make sure it it working properly, and go with the flow!

I found satellite the easiest, having tried both, no retuning, just use a meter, point the dish south, and turn it towards the west, the sky sat is the first on you reach, its only got a 3degree beam on it, if you find one that seems to have a really large range, you have gone too far.

for sattelite, all you need is a sight of the south western sky.

use sattelite 99 percent of the time took me ages at first to set up but while the other half is sorting things out the first thing i do is set the sky dish up in about 5 mins now

watch now i have posted thi murphys law will engage next time we go away it wont work