UPGRADE YOUR TV AMPLIFIER

TV reception can be a bit hit and miss when you are pitched up, but there are simple ways to improve your viewing xperience

- Nigel Hutson

I’m all for the easy life, especially when we are away in our ’van. After all, this is supposed to be a time for relaxation and being lazy if you want, isn’t it?

We have a TV in our ’van, which we use for occasional viewing, when there is something specific that we want to watch, or on those days when the weather turns miserable.

Our latest ’van came fitted with the Vision Plus VP3 Digital TV and Radio Amplifier, which was fine, but with the VP3, it’s a case of switching it on and a blue light illuminating to show that it is indeed on, but nothing else. To get the best TV signal means doing one of two things.

Best picture

You’ll either be slowly rotating the Status antenna while it’s connected to the TV and then waiting until you get the best picture – and sometimes that means doing this with the antenna in the horizontal position, then the vertical.

Otherwise, you can use a handy phone app, Antenna Aligner, which will tell you where the best signal is for your location, and whether the TV antenna needs to be placed in the horizontal or the vertical position, and in which direction it needs to be pointing.

I’ve also used the Labgear DVB-T signal finder, which has a series of LEDs (the more that light up, the better the signal).