We are planning to stay at Troutbeck Head caravan site this weekend, but the guide says it has a poor tv reception, but there is a tv point and booster on the electrical hookup bollard. This may sound daft, but does that mean we need to take a long length of tv ariel cable with normal tv plugs in order to use this facility, or can you borrow one?
Quote: Originally posted by Jeanann on 28/9/2006
I think you will need to take your own, unless this site is different than most
Ditto, even though you take your own it may still be bad
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Good idea to have your own anyway. Quite a few sites have these bollard connections but most do not provide a cable. However they will sell you one........at a price!
If you do need to get one of your own, be sure to buy a good quality 'double shielded' one as the cheaper 'unshielded' ones can pick up too much RF interference.
get youself a length of 'CT100' grade cable made up
We were at Meathop (Newby Bridge) recently - they charged £12 to buy a 25 metre TV cable.
I bought the cable and terminals myself at a local £££ shop for £5 and made one up - it worked brilliantly.
I've noticed that the next few C.C. sites we're booked at have poor reception, and have TV connection points on the bollards, so my £5 should show a healthy return!!!
As many of you thought. We needed a cable. Unfortunatly the lead I already had was about 4ft too short. They did sell 25m cables at the site for £25. Needless to say I popped in the car to the nearest B&Q and sorted the problem for £10, saving the price of a nights stay. TV was fine, and they even had channels for the local radio, as the radio reception was also non existant. A good weekend
A day of all things motorhome and campervan. The show is held both in the main indoor arena and across the grounds. Catering, hot drinks and food options are available. Easy access to the site and free parking included. Win one of five pairs of day tickets
Topic: TV ariel connection point
