Hi, this may seem a silly question but my caravan has a status tv aerial on the roof (95 Coachman) how do I connect it to the TV now everything is digital? Can I just connect a free view box to the aerial?
There will be a coax connector above the worktop (next to the 12 volt socket) that the coaxial lead from the digital Freeview TV plugs in to. That connector should be automatically wired in to the signal booster and from there to the Status roof aerial which will receive a better signal on digital reception than when TV's were using the outdated analogue signal.
All you have to do is make sure that the booster is switched on first (red light illuminates) and then tune in the TV as you would at home. However, the location will depend on how many channels can be tuned in.
Now everything is digital makes no difference in that the aerials function with both analog and digital signals.
With digital it will require you make the TV do a self tune to find the channels, unless you are using it specifically on the same TV transmiter mast mast it was last operated on.
I found that since digital switch over the status aerial works better than it did on analogue. I just plug the TV into the socket and hit re-tune every time I go out and it always picks channels up.
Quote: Originally posted by slbray on 20/5/2016
I found that since digital switch over the status aerial works better than it did on analogue. I just plug the TV into the socket and hit re-tune every time I go out and it always picks channels up.
Same here its about time I bit the bullet and binned the roof aerial and pole I tag along with me.
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Topic: Status TV Aerial
