We are going to buy a12/mains tv for our FC.What is the reception with one of these in mountainous areas ,and when we go to France next year what will we need to take to get a few uk programes and the WORLD CUP!?!?
We hardly ever take a TV now, but for most of the time with the standard aerial the picture is fuzzy at best. The only way we could ever get a reasonable picture was to buy a booster aerial that plugs into the mains. Around Mountainous areas, I doubt you would get a picture at all. It all really depends where the nearest transmitter is.
The only way I am aware of getting English home channels abroad is with a portable satelite dish. I used one with quite good success and this was many many years ago. I know they have improved now.
The only way at present to watch uk tv in france is sattelite, good for this country to.
You can buy a sat digi box that works on 12 volts...expensive tho.
Perhaps a better idea and save some money is to buy mains digi box, tv and inverter, We got our sattelite system out of loot for £50, portable tvs are 10 a penny, use a clothes dryer from argos for a tripod base for your sat. dish (£10) You would need a 400 watt inverter £50-70s. Drawbacks? You need a good battery and you will only get 3 hours veiwing at a time, before you will need to charge the battery.
Quote: Originally posted by kate1959 on 19/09/2005
We are going to buy a12/mains tv for our FC.What is the reception with one of these in mountainous areas
The 12v tellies should be no better or worse than a normal one, but different models of TV can perform better than others
In a mountainous area you will often get worse reception or none at all, you normally need a line of sight view between aerial and TV transmitter this view can be completly cut off by a mountain. And there are fewer transmitters in mountain areas anyway.
A signal booster might help if your TV has generally poor gain, but can make no differance or even make things worse with a good set.
With terrestrial TV the only guaranteed way to improve the picture is to get a larger high gain directional aerial and put it on a tall mast so that it is away from ground clutter such a trees, caravans and buildings.
There are PACE 12v Satelite systems being sold on E-bay for £118 then £30 if you want to free up channel 4 & 5 and some others. Like the idea above for the tripod, will be looking into that one
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Topic: 12 volt tv help !!!
