Arriving on site: How to adjust your campervan's TV aerial
Finding a digital TV signal during your first campervan trip can seem tricky, but with a signal finder and a few simple steps, watching your favourite TV show from the comfort of your campervan is much easier than you may think.
- Look at other caravan, campervan, or motorhome aerials and point your TV antenna in the same approximate direction.
- Connect a TV signal finder to the TV aerial socket in your campervan. This device receives signals, and the lights/meter will indicate how strong the TV reception is. The cost is approximately £15.
- Locate the base of the aerial. It’s usually in an overhead locker.
- Ensure the signal booster (fitted to the campervan and often called the signal amplifier) is plugged in and turned on. There’s usually a red light to the front. As the name suggests, it boosts signal quality.
- The TV aerial will be in travelling mode, stowed as low as possible, with the ‘pointy end’ facing the rear of the motorhome.
- Undo the knurled white securing collar and slowly turn the aerial until a signal is found. The aerial will rotate 360 degrees and can be raised if necessary. My signal finder has a series of green lights; the more lights lit, the stronger the television signal.
- Most TV signals are horizontally polarised – keeping the aerial flat – but should you need to receive vertically polarised signals, rotate the winder to tilt the antenna through 90º. However, I’ve yet to use this feature.
- Once you are happy with the antenna position, secure it by tightening the securing collar.
- Plug your TV into the coax cable outlet and search for channels.
- Before heading home, return the aerial to travel mode by undoing the collar and lowering the aerial. Ensure it points towards the rear of the campervan and retighten the securing collar.
Before heading home, make sure your campervan TV aerial is returned to travel mode
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