bobmaddison Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Hi you fonts of all knowledge, we have just exchanged our Motor home and the previous owner of our new one has left the dome Sat TV aerial and cabling. What else do I need besides the obvious TV Monitor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david lloyd Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 If the TV that is installed has a satellite tuner built in then you are good to go. On the remote control there should be a button for 'source' which will bring up a menu - select satellite. If the TV doesn't have a satellite tuner built in then you will need a satellite box - Freesat or your own Sky box from home. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I assume the sat dome should have a controller box located somewhere inside the van. This enables the correct satellite to be selected. It may also incorporate a tuner. If not, then follow the information provided by David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmaddison Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 Thank you for that David I'll look at TV's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmaddison Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 Thank you both for your help. Now I've got to buy a TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrogee Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Simply put, your dome will need a programmer/controller box, such as those supplied by RoadPro at Daventry, which controls which satellites the dome looks for and locks onto. This box receivges signals from the dome via an aerial cable and is then connected by an another aerial cable to either a Freesat receiver or other digibox, eg sky, which then connects by HDMI cable to virtually any TV which is less than 20 years old. Just select HDMI from the source menu on the TV itself, and then you select your channels from the Freesat receiver. Freesat receivers can be purchased from £40 upwards and Satellite controllers from £450 upwards. Hopefully, you have a Sat controller hidden in a cupboard somewhere. Mine is screwed to a wall within a high level cupboard. It has a 12v supply cable and aerial in/out ports. Hope that helps. NB - If you need to buy a new controller for the dome, you need to decide whether you will be travelling to Europe or not as some controllers will not pick up European Satellites when over there. They are adequate for the UK though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmaddison Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 Thanks for that info, I know what to do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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