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04/6/2012 at 5:55pm
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Sounds like a load of bull to me. What type of aerial are you using? I take it you have a status aerial or something like that. You will struggle to get a signal using an "indoor" aerial in a caravan as the aluminium skin will shield the signal but any kind of out door aerial should be fine. Check on the freeview website (www.freeview.co.uk/switchover) to see what the coverage is like in your area.
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04/6/2012 at 6:30pm
Location: Gloucestershie
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It could be the aerial lead we had that I made a new one up and it worked fine
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04/6/2012 at 6:53pm
Location: West Midlands
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Are you using a signal strength meter to align the aerial before you try and tune the TV in?, with digital TV it is more "on\off" than analogue used to be and needs to be aligned first before you try and tune in.
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04/6/2012 at 7:47pm
Location: north wales
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Is the amplifier unit turned on?
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04/6/2012 at 8:18pm
Location: Hants
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Haven't used it much, but did get excellent picture quality from our cheap nasty digibox when we did use it.
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04/6/2012 at 10:13pm
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We have always done well with our 530 but use a signal meter like this to align the aerial. The latest status aerials have a built in meter. Also the aerial can be horizontally or vertically aligned to match the transmitter.
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05/6/2012 at 9:42am
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I used to have a Techwood. It kept loosing signal on digital tv and had a fairly high power consumption for its size. Its now relegated to my home office and connected to a sat dish and humax freeview box and works ok. For the caravan I use a 22" Kogan tv anb that has been great. It even picks up signals from the masts further away and therfore enables me to get a better rage of channels than many of the local relay masts offer. It alos works on 12V and has a low power consumption of just over 20W when in use.
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05/6/2012 at 10:01am
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The amplifier or sometimes called a power pack has two switches which is indicated as [ On - Off ] and [ LOW - NML ]. The one turns the amplifier on (when the red light illuminates) and the other means low and normal which when switched to low reduces the strength of signal. This is used when you are too near to the receiving mast and the signal is going over the top and beyond so what this switch does is to reduce the amplification and pull the signal down basically. Try switching the [ LOW - NML ] switch and see if it makes any difference when setting up.
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05/6/2012 at 10:28am
Location: West Midlands
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Quote: Originally posted by skidmarks on 04/6/2012
Not using a meter just looked at others and pointed in that direction!!!!
This worked ok with Analogue but with Digital I recommend you use a meter to lock on to the signal.
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05/6/2012 at 4:10pm
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I have a cheapo Alba from Argos and get an excellent picture. I have the flying saucer on the roof (not turnable) and have to use the booster switch. Just auto tune the TV on day one. End of story. I get about 15 channels. I can't be bothered with setting up aerials etc and can live without sky 1 etc.
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05/6/2012 at 6:33pm
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I have a status directional and a Kogan 19" I look at what position other people have their aerials check it with my signal checker switch on the tv select auto-search, then make a cup of tea and sit down to 100+ channels including radio. However last weekend I did as above but spend ages trying to get a signal. I found out that when I last put the Tv away and roll the aerial cable up which I have done dozens of times I must of broken the cable in side.
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