Hi Dan. Just like to say we are new to caravaning and I've watch most of your videos and can say they have helped a lot . Just a thank you 👌👍

We’ve used one in France and it does work. Not used that exact set up done it manually which is a real pain. Very helpful as always Dan thanks. Graham

Hi Dan thanks for the video i use streaming when were are in the caravan and also at home I always had in the back of my mind about satellite setups when we purchased our first caravan in 2016 but as you know the streaming apps provide a better selection of programs your update has made me satisfied on the system we currently use we have our caravan on a seasonal pitch and a few times a year we tour around the UK we have an EE mini router for data and we check the area we head too for best EE signals up to now we had no issues did at the start of touring at the sites using the wifi packages they sell but its a learning curve at the start of touring thanks to you and Andrew Ditton and others it makes things a little easier sharing ups and downs to achieve stress free breaks Dave

Hi Dan, having never purchased a new caravan before our Buccaneer I hadn't realised how long the exchange and transfer took. Ours also had the added pleasure of being in the rain. Deep joy it was and stopped as soon as we had completed the transfer! Yep, I had really upset someone upstairs!

Hi Dan, another great video and always look forward to new ones. I purchased the Satgear premium kit a couple of years back and it worked well, the downside was that the LED coloured signal light on the LNB was a bit hit and miss and yes it worked but was a bit fiddly as it needed the receiver in a certain mode to feed the LNB signal light and you had to be almost spot on before the LED would turn to green. I have now upgraded to the Maxview Precision which has a built in finder and only locks on to the Astra satelite which prevents the dish locking on to other satelites close by. The Maxview precision system is by far the easiest I have used and set up by far, built well and has finder and spirit level built into the tripod. It also comes in a Sky Q variant and I take my Q box with me and it works perfect even setting the Q box up to the HooToo. Would seriously recommend the Maxview Precision.

Thanks dan , I’ve been using sky in my van for about 15yrs . Good shout for VR. Satfinder, should be a good help. The inline sat finder I use as a tone & a meter when a satellite is found , it’s easier to hear rather than look for lights when moving the dish around. Another tip is to have the inline satellite finder turned to the highest sensitivity then turn it down once the correct satellite is found for more pin point accuracy .

Another brill informative video Dan, always a pleasure to watch. Like yourself I rarely watch tv on holiday ☀️

Easy simple set up Dan, we wouldn’t use one in the UK but may consider on for when we go to France. Food for thought 💭 cheers Martin 👍

Thanks lovely, that was most useful. Signal meter ordered, a different brand though. I’m an electrician so I’ll likely use it again in the future.

We are great fans of the Avtex Snipe 2 satellite dish. You simply press the start button and sit back and relax. In around 2-3 minutes it’s locked onto the Astra satellite job done.

Great vlog. Must say we done the same, got a portable sat system about £130, tried it once, got a fire stick and never used it again.

We have the one from ALDI, and mount it on a tripod like the one in the video. Also use the app show, is good but find on a lot of sites you struggle to get a good signal due to trees 😢 but when it works it’s great 👍👍

Thanks for this one Dan, like you I bought a dish and stand with a free sat box like yours many years ago and never used it I'm tempted to give it a go as we sometimes have trouble getting free view. But then again its something else to find room for in the back of the truck and more work for me setting up, just so the Mrs can watch celebrity big get me out of the x factor Britain's got something or other rubbish, maybe I'll just leave it in the garage. Best wishes Jon

Great video Dan, we bought an Aldi unit last year could not get it working via instructions. will give your apps a try hopefully better luck with them. thanks

Good video. I’ve uses a similar domestic dish and cheap decoder for 10 years and got a good signal as far south as the Dordogne. One tip. If you use a domestic Sky dish the LND is offset so if the dish is mounted vertically the vertical angle is perfect for the Astra satellite. You just have to move the dish horizontally to find a signal and maybe tweak it vertically for maximum strength.

We have a vision Plus Auto-aligning Satellite Dome. Cost previous owners £1300! 8yrs ago! And I tell you all we have used it twice in 4yrs! It’s a very expensive piece of kit. We plan just to use the external tv point on our new van and the Tv Ariel. Cheers Oliver

great vid again, i have this setup in my van to sky and woks fab best thing ever and used each time for last 3 yr

@kencrowther9566

3 жыл бұрын

I have watched a number of your videos on many subjects but no one has ever as I know mentioned the spare wheel and tyre suspended under the caravan. Dan if you have done a video on this could you please run it again. Thank you. I really enjoy your videos.

Another great detailed video Dan. We used our satellite when travelling abroad with Freesat excellent.

Hi Dan, thanks for doing this video as I have been toying with the idea of satelite as on some sites we have been on the tv signal has been very poor. However, there was clear view to the skies so satelite would work. We also have an Avtex satelte tv which came with our Barracuda so we are most of the way there. The wiring from outside to inside and through the booster was also supplied. Now I just have to decide whether to buy a dish or not. Thanks for your thoughts.

Using a Sky dish with the spirit level means that once the dish is level, all you need to do is swivel the dish left and right. I use Humax freesat recoder with dual LNB and a SatLink WS-6906 meter which allows me to check the signal without going in and out of the van. The Humax also has catchup and remote recording on it which I connect to my phone via tethering. The whole setup means that TV is available if/when I want it.

Your video quality is amazing. Really good video really helped. Thank you

Cool video. Like you we don’t bother with satellite & also just steam via a portable modem which is nice & easy.

I know this comment is rather late but think its worth adding. I have been impressed with the Max View set up where you link up a speaker to a tv outlet so you know exactly when the broadcast is successfully being received. However, it is too expensive for us. So as we have a bluetooth speaker we have plugged in a bluetooth transmitter into the TV headphone outlet. Then you can have the TV sound right next to you when adjusting the dish.

@alberttickle1106

2 жыл бұрын

I have this system on my Moho that I've just got, but it does not find a satellite at the moment. It came with the vehicle. Any ideas why it can't find a satellite??

Hi Dan, I tried setting up Freesat tv last weekend and, like Jason's comment, I looked at the TV Satellite signal/quality screen to align the dish correctly. I've never really got on with signal meters as they make such an annoying screech (I know you can turn that off) and they are also temperamental. I looked at a dish setup like yours using a tripod and an old sky dish, then thought of making one up with a clamp for the side of the caravan. I then saw the MaxView MXL026 Remora 40 suction mounted dish at a show which was exactly what I was going to build but looks a lot neater and aesthetically pleasing. You can get it for around £99 if you search around. Not cheap but looks great and works very well. For those in a poor signal location (mobile & tv) it's a good solution.

@mellarner8253

5 жыл бұрын

Have had a tripod setup in the past and as mentioned, used the signal strength and quality indicators on the TV screen., although have a meter that does terrestial as well, though do not bother with that either. Always previewed sites beforehand for direction to get an idea about best pitch selection on arrival using the app. Humax Freesat boxes, are great also, but since digital got better after the analogue switch off, so do not use satellite at all, mainly because of the bulk of the dish and tripod setup. However, have now also got the Remora suction dish with twin lnb as we are going further afield. Have wired the van up so can use the Humax box as well as the Freesat tuner on a 28” LG smart tv , also just bought. a 12volt to 19volt adaptor. Very quickly set up during a test at home, a real doddle. That dish I can highly recommend as it is compact and light and will travel behind drivers seat. Mel

@youreds91

5 жыл бұрын

I use the suction one, I have 2, both from car boot sales for a fiver each! They are good, but you can sometimes have problems getting line of sight depending on your pitch location & if you have an awning which rules out one side of the van. A little known fact is you can leave it clipped in the case & just have it on the floor. The case lid has a wing nut clamp to lock it off when you have the right elevation. I will probably put the spare on ebay this weekend ;)

I’m late to the party, but just what I needed to identify the X and Y motors. My system struggled to raise the dish stating a Y motor obstruction and, looking at your video, all the gears and worm gear are metal and not nylon, so now I need to see what kind of obstruction there is 👍🏻

Brilliant video, easy to follow

Nice one dan very useful info as usual kev

Good advice. Like yourself I have no real use for one. I suppose they are great when in Europe. Cheers Phil🙂

Good tips Dan ...... as always

Hi Dan i had a satellite set up from Aldi just couldn’t get it to work after two days of trying i took it back. Like yourself i won’t bother with satellite tv again. Good video 👍

@vaughanhencher7971

5 жыл бұрын

Did you download and upgrade the satellite list? I did this first before setting it all up and it worked first time. Went to Cornwall with it and had 200+ channels compared to everyone else on Freeview getting 9. Aldi system worked well for me.

I have been using a satellite dish on tripod for the last 4 years you can site it a lot easier than a roof mounted unit . I use a 80cm dish because the further you go north the larger dish you need . I use a cheap more professional satellite finder i use a SATlink WS-6906 it shows signal strength, Signal quality and bit error rate, It also has a satellite TV tuner built into it. It cost me £50 in 2015. I love my Formula 1 and can't miss it for the world this is why have satellite TV.

Hi, how did you get your channels in order? And without duplications? Thanks

Hi Dan, I just use my smart phone and ping it to a smart tv . But good vid

How did I miss this video? Like you, we've no need for satellite TV. We're happy enough with terrestrial TV and the Freeview channels. On our last outing to Thornwick Bay the service posts on our pitch had an aerial connection so we just ran the coax lead to the caravan tuned the telly and we were away. The apps take all the guesswork out of lining the dish up. Saves having to do a Nazi salute to get it approximately right.

I don't see many people using Satellite Internet on Europeans Rv's or most people use wifi on most campgrounds?specially for the Full Timers.

Was given an Aldi/Lidl ‘dish in a suitcase’ by my brother in law, because it was very complicated and thought I may have better luck. He was wrong. We have a TV in the ‘van that has built in DVD so we watch the occasional movie and are not really interested in TV when on holiday. We passed on the system to a charity shop and hope it done someone a turn. Good vid, though.

Well done on explaining something you don't use! Lol. I use a RoadPro Sat Dome. It works really well IF I have a clear unobstructed line of sight to the satellite. I think dish systems give you a better, stronger signal. That Satfinder App looks very clever, I'll give it a go.

Was gonna say no point in the UK but traveling abroad will be useful

Terrific video as usual. What is streaming, please?

@TheTrudgians

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Noel, Streaming is when you can get TV channels and content from the internet. KZread is a form of streaming. i give some examples in this video - kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWuo2NSQj8mTk8o.html

I have found a lot of times I can get a good signal strength but no quality strength. What am I doing wrong?

I was thinking about getting a satellite system some time ago for freesat but looking at the rubbish that's broadcast I decided against it. As I don't caravan in the UK anymore, I caravan in Europe and tend to take boxed sets with me

Looks easy in UK and it is you try it in France , it's not that simple.

@TheTrudgians

5 жыл бұрын

From what i've been told by folks that do it in France, you need a significantly larger dish, and can only realistically achieve this in Northern France.

can i ask what make your awning is please and if you can recommend a similar one to fit a Swift Rio Motorhome

@TheTrudgians

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Alison, we currently have a Vango Varkala connect 360. i cannot recommend this for motorhomes as ive never used it in that respect. Do have a look at the vango website though and look for motorhome awnings. They are slightly different as they can remain in place, while you drive away.

@alisonodell7681

5 жыл бұрын

great thanks will do @@TheTrudgians

why would you do something like this when you can get Freeview over digital transmitter using standard ariel- surely channel choice is about the same?

@TheTrudgians

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, well you've kind of answered that in your question. You would choose a Satellite when no DVB-T exists. either from being quite remote, or in a European country. Certainly on a few rural sites we have visited, local TV reception has been very poor, but as you would have seen we use the external TV point to hook up onto site TV signal (when available) Hope that helps

@paulsolloway6834

5 жыл бұрын

The Trudgians yes cheers thanks

@T44YPE

5 жыл бұрын

what kind of ariel do you use paul

No matter how I set the dish on my camping satellite dish I can not get more than 14%signal quality. It is an older system with its own receiver box and I am now stumped

I have never used a satellite finder or a compass. The strength and quality signal bars on satelite reciever viewed through the tv is sufficient. Just sweep the dish from west to south adjusting elevation slightly each sweep. Less than 2 minutes to set up every time. The only issue being when the sun is reflecting off the caravan window and you cannot see the screen but opening the window sorts that out.

Shazun

Do you or anyone else have knowledge or experience with lithium iron batteries fitted into their van, rather than the standard leisure batteries? Seeking advice and information if at all possible. Thanks in advance.

@TheTrudgians

5 жыл бұрын

Morning, currently no experience with Lithium batteries as to achieve a 110Ah, will require a battery that is prohibitively expensive.

@nigelwyn

4 жыл бұрын

Why would you want to use a lithium battery? Normal leisure batteries work fine and are designed to be allowed to run down much further than normal car ones.

Dan it’s a lot of cuffing about. I use Snipe system press button and it finds and logs on. In fact I have just had a Snipe Dome fitted to roof so have old system for sale. Best system ever seen.

@Timmyd122zx6r

5 жыл бұрын

Colin Mew most people don’t want to spend £650+ just to watch TV.