Introduction

This relates to a fully installed motorhome satellite DISH system. The unit is permanently fitted to your vehicle and is controlled from inside using a control box with the press of a button. This system is also connected to the vehicle battery. This type of satellite system in usually installed by a professional as this unit needs to be connected to the vehicles ignition system.

This refers to a fully installed satellite DOME system. The unit is permanently fitted to your vehicle and is controlled from inside using a control box with the press of a button. This system is also connected to the vehicle battery. This type of satellite system in usually installed by a professional.

This is normally a dish type system, that is fitted through the roof of your vehicle. It has either a crank up type operation or in some cases a motor for the elevation but you then have to turn the unit to locate the satellite. This type of unit is usually but is possible to install by a competent D.I.Y person.

The manual or portable satellite system refers to any satellite dish that is not directly installed onto your Motorhome. Therefore by this definition it also covers satellite systems that have been attached to the Motorhome on a temporary basis and must be removed before you travel. This type of system will not need installing. 

The dish or dome is indeed the main component part of any Motorhome satellite system but you also have to consider the receiver. This can be either a SKY box, a Free To Air (FTA) receiver or a FREESAT box.

This is a vital part of the fitted manual and portable motorhome satellite systems, but is not required for the automatic system. The sat-finder can be either a simple device that whistles or a complicated device that shows the satellite you are on, signal strength and signal quality.

We will take a look at the wide verity of motorhome satellite system mounting methods for Motorhomes. We will look at tripods, Suction mounts and clamps. The tripod is an old favourite for the Motorhome owner as it gives you freedom to move the Motorhome satellite system about. The other methods are ways to secure the dish to the van, this may not be the best method but it dues give you a secure tamper free mounting surface.

This will be a very, very brief look at the best television for the motorhome satellite system. It will be brief because we do not want to have to create another whole website to cover all the television.