External aerial connection for tv

[faz55]

We are new to motorhomeing although been caravaners for years. My question is … we have an Elddis encore 250 motorhome and we are at a site where arial on van isn’t picking up signal and neither is our AVTEX router with Vodaphone sim. We have an external Ariel socket and have tried using that with a lead to the one provided on the super pitch we are on unfortunately we get nothing at all but if I put it through a window directly to my tv I pick up 139 channels ! Anyone who can advise why the external socket won’t work or what I should be doing I would be grateful

 

[simbadog]

I have a 2 year old AutoSleeper & the external socket is not connected!

 

[scotjimland]

Check inside the external socket... it may not be wired up


snap simbadog just beat me to it ..lol

 

[Captain Yoghurtpot]

Has the external TV socket worked previously?
If never tried, I would go with the previous replies that it may possibly not be wired up.
I take it that the external socket connects to one INSIDE the van, and then you plug your TV aerial into this inside one, so effectively, all the external socket is doing is makin a neat short cut to get an outside cable, inside, without the need to run through windows or door shuts?

 

[GJH]

Working from memory here.
Our first van was an Autoquest with both a Status omni-directional aerial and an external aerial point.
The other end of the cable from the external point was loose (with co-ax plug) in the cupboard next to the Status powerpack. The lead to the TV was normally plugged into the output from the powerpack
The external lead could either be plugged into the powerpack, instead of the lead from the Status aerial, or connected direct to the lead to the TV using an adapter.

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[Pausim]

My TV is normally plugged into the internal amplified signal from the built in aerial. The connection to the external socket is a separate wire and I have to swap over the wires at the TV if I want to use the external connection. The external signal from the bollard is already amplified and will not need to go through a second onboard amplifier.

If there is no wire from the inside of the socket, run a new one directly to the TV.

 

[Diabalo]

On the amplifier I have to unplug the the roof aerial and plug the external one in manually, will get round to finding and fitting a suitable change over switch one day.

 

[Landy Andy]

As above. My booster, which is possible to turn off, has one input, so I have to physically swap the source over. But if the booster/splitter/amplifier is off I will get zero pics on the TVs.

 

[Pausim]

As above. My booster, which is possible to turn off, has one input, so I have to physically swap the source over. But if the booster/splitter/amplifier is off I will get zero pics on the TVs.

If the amplifier is off it breaks the connection between the input and the tv. The aerial signal benefits from amplification but the input from an already boosted bollard supply doesn’t need further amplification and can go directly to the tv. However if you feed it through the booster it will need to be turned on.

 

[Landy Andy]

If the amplifier is off it breaks the connection between the input and the tv. The aerial signal benefits from amplification but the input from an already boosted bollard supply doesn’t need further amplification and can go directly to the tv. However if you feed it through the booster it will need to be turned on.

Yes. I’m using my booster, as the splitter to supply the two TVs.