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Posted: 12.05.2019  ·  #1
I have a Cello 12v Smart TV, I know some have had issues with them but personally I find it great. The only issue i have is that in certain areas my wifi signal isn't up to par and my IPTV buffers quite a bit. I am looking to put an external antenna on the camper to help solve / reduce this. Has anyone any experience with any? 9 times out if 10 my signal is great but just if I can do away with it altogether I would be much happier. I was looking at the Poynting XPOL1

https://www.irishwireless.net/xpol-a0001

It is quite inexpensive at €61, But the XPOL2 isn't all that expensive at €124

https://www.irishwireless.net/xpol-a0002

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Have a look here, I no longer have that router though as it died, now have a TP-Link forum/topic.php?t=14064

Added: Boll** doesnt make much sense now as we lost the pictures in a server crash, but some links in there.


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All round Ireland from malinhead to sneem could not get a reception on our tv it would say that the tv hadfound 10 or more stations but it wouldn’t show them as soon as I got home 110 channels I was getting a good singal strength in the south can’t understand why I couldn’t watch anything ,am I missing Somthing or do I need something to help boost my singal


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I can't remember the exact letters before the number 2 in NI but in ROI it's 4 and the NI number 2 won't work in ROI but the 4 works for both, modern technology at its best again 😡


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All round Ireland from malinhead to sneem could not get a reception on our tv it would say that the tv hadfound 10 or more stations but it wouldn’t show them as soon as I got home 110 channels I was getting a good singal strength in the south can’t understand why I couldn’t watch anything ,am I missing Somthing or do I need something to help boost my singal


Your TV must be mpeg2, you need an mpeg4 to in RoI. Mpeg4 is backwards compatible so will work in both.

Or buy a saorview box to add to your existing TV.


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mpeg thanks Ally I knew someone would remember the letters mpeg 4 also works in France on French TV stations


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