what do you reckon
sorry dont know how to do poll
do you need a seperate one for the truck
what do you reckon
sorry dont know how to do poll
do you need a seperate one for the truck
Nope
Not as far as I know, on the subject of in cab tv, what do people recommend now most places have gone digital.
Thetaff:
Nope
no x 2
No, you don’t need one for a touring caravan or motorhome so you could argue your truck is your mobile home. As long as you have one at your main residence it covers you.
Think I remember years ago that a colour one covered you for your boat or caravan but not a black and white and it depended on how many sets you had at home, I wouldn`t stake my life on this though and it was a lot of years ago.
You would defo. be expected to have one if you didn`t have a set at home or you lived in your truck.
Think a black and white one is required for a radio in your house even if you have no tv at home.
Maybe is the answer I would choose in a poll if you added that choice.
dowahdiddyman:
Not as far as I know, on the subject of in cab tv, what do people recommend now most places have gone digital.
i bought a tv from tesco 109.99 built in digical and dvd player works well off inverter got a pic somewhere
there you go found it
aranger:
You would defo. be expected to have one if you didn`t have a set at home or you lived in your truck.Think a black and white one is required for a radio in your house even if you have no tv at home.
you no longer need a licence for any radio, and as you say you would need a licence for cab TV only if you don’t have a TV licence for your home.
AFAIK if you have a TV Licence for your home address and use another television in a motorhome/caravan or TRUCK you have to have a seperate TV Licence for that ‘mobile’ installation
unless you can show that your home TV isn’t being used at the same time as your ‘mobile’ installation
Now I’ve never heard of any driver being caught out on this bit of TV Licencing law but I do remember some caravaners/motorhomer’s kicking up a stink about it in the 80’s after they’d been pulled up in some kind of multi-agency check. The reason it stick’s in my mind is that at the time I was doing a regular 2 week away multi-drop trip and I got a memo from HQ to advise me that if I used a portable telly in the vehicle, which I did, whilst away from home I had to make sure I had a current TV Licence for it if my home TV was in use during my absence
And of course I went out and purchased one straight away
Regards
Dave Penn;
Why bother?
It’s not like the TV licensing man is gonna come knocking on your cab door is it? And even if he did they have no legal power whatsoever and can’t do [zb] so you just tell them to [zb] off just like I do when they turn up at my house door. I don’t have a TV Licence and never will.
Too many people scared of their heavy-handed letters but if you look at them closely you’ll see it’s all ‘we may’, ‘we might’, ‘the occupier’ etc.
Quote: "You don’t need a separate TV Licence for:
Any device powered solely by its own internal batteries (i.e. it is not connected to an aerial or plugged into the mains). Your main home’s TV Licence will cover this.
Boats, touring caravans or vehicles as they’re already covered by your main home’s TV Licence.
Static caravans, mobile homes or moveable chalets. Your main home’s TV Licence will cover you provided you don’t watch TV in both homes at the same time. In this case you would need to complete a declaration form."
Source: http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/for-your-home/second-home-aud8/
I think caravans get away with it using the mobile home rule. Not longer than 28 consecutive days. You do not need a TV licence for a radio, the radio licence is no longer required.
Someone stated that if you do have a home and live in the lorry, then you need one for the truck. How does that work then?
Do you write the registration number down as an address?
Could give the postman a problem trying to deliver the new licence or reminders.
To show how stupid the TV licensing laws are; my Doctors waiting room have just had to remove their TV as they got caught for not having a Performing Rights Society licence
This question has come up several times on here and the answer is still the same. It’s just the usual driver’s bullcrap and you do not need a licence for a TV in the truck as long as you have one at home. It also doesn’t matter how many sets you have at home or whether the one at home is being used at the same time.
It’s all on the TV Licensing site as clear as can be.
tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-y … home-aud8/
You don’t need a separate TV Licence for
Any device powered solely by its own internal batteries (i.e. it is not connected to an aerial or plugged into the mains). Your main home’s TV Licence will cover this.
Boats, touring caravans or vehicles as they’re already covered by your main home’s TV Licence.
Static caravans, mobile homes or moveable chalets. Your main home’s TV Licence will cover you provided you don’t watch TV in both homes at the same time. In this case you would need to complete a declaration form.
welshboyinspain:
dowahdiddyman:
Not as far as I know, on the subject of in cab tv, what do people recommend now most places have gone digital.i bought a tv from tesco 109.99 built in digical and dvd player works well off inverter got a pic somewhere
there you go found it
That looks ideal mate, sorry to be a pain but what sort of aeriel are you using. Been a while since I wanted a tv in my cab, only recently gone back on 2-3 night out a week after 5-6 years of not doing any.
Coffeeholic:
This question has come up several times on here and the answer is still the same. It’s just the usual driver’s bullcrap and you do not need a licence for a TV in the truck as long as you have one at home. It also doesn’t matter how many sets you have at home or whether the one at home is being used at the same time.It’s all on the TV Licensing site as clear as can be.
tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-y … home-aud8/
You don’t need a separate TV Licence for
Any device powered solely by its own internal batteries (i.e. it is not connected to an aerial or plugged into the mains). Your main home’s TV Licence will cover this.
Boats, touring caravans or vehicles as they’re already covered by your main home’s TV Licence.
Static caravans, mobile homes or moveable chalets. Your main home’s TV Licence will cover you provided you don’t watch TV in both homes at the same time. In this case you would need to complete a declaration form.
If you read the last paragraph as it is written you would need very good eyesight. It should read “provided TV’s are not used in both homes at the same time”.
“Static caravans, mobile homes or moveable chalets. Your main home’s TV Licence will cover you provided you don’t watch TV in both homes at the same time. In this case you would need to complete a declaration form.”
Hi Coffee,
Well it does seem that this stupid TV Licencing law has been sorted out to make it sensible and easily understandable but find it puzzling why you say it’s ‘driver’s bullcrap’
This thing with the TV Licence and memo from HQ is something that happened to me and just because you don’t know about it or believe it doesn’t make it ‘drivers bullcrap’
I think you will find the quote above from your post covers what I said in my original post about the use of TV’s in seperate locations and given that I did qualify this by explaining that it was something that happened in the 80’s but might have changed now I still find it hard to understand why call it ‘driver’s bullcrap’
Regards
Dave Penn;
No you dont need one. Really if your using one in your truck the one at home shouldnt be used because this is what the rules say, but i havent heard of any caravan’s or motorhome people being convicted.
As for how would they know, your meant to fill in a form with your name and address on when you buy a new TV, quite often you dont though because people who sell you the TV just forget.
As for what TV, you can either go for a cheapo one from Tesco or Asda, or go for one that you can use in a caravan and motorhome, aswell as at home.
Avtex are the best ones to go for IMO. We sell these at work. Great screen on them, the picture wont go when light comes through, DVD, CD, SD card and you can also record on them using a USB dongle. As well as this if you have a problem they will send a courier out, and within 48 hours you will either have had your TV repaired or have a new TV and that lasts for 3 years. They work on 12V and 240V. Built in freeview aswell.
They come in 16" and 19" and have a foot behind them, so they are quite nice and compact. Can also be wall mounted.
Vision Plus are another brand, not as good as Avtex but they are cheaper. You can do the same as the Avtex TV, and if you have your dongle in the side of the TV you can also pause live TV. Screens not as good though.
We have them in the shop i work in.
Like i say they are abit expensive compared to the cheapo ones, but you get what you pay for.
davepenn54:
Hi Coffee,
Well it does seem that this stupid TV Licencing law has been sorted out to make it sensible and easily understandable but find it puzzling why you say it’s ‘driver’s bullcrap’![]()
This thing with the TV Licence and memo from HQ is something that happened to me and just because you don’t know about it or believe it doesn’t make it ‘drivers bullcrap’
I think you will find the quote above from your post covers what I said in my original post about the use of TV’s in seperate locations and given that I did qualify this by explaining that it was something that happened in the 80’s but might have changed now I still find it hard to understand why call it ‘driver’s bullcrap’
Because it has never been the case that you required a licence for the TV in the truck, not now and not in the eighties. Just because you got a memo from HQ back then saying you had to have a licence for the TV in the truck doesn’t make it fact, it just means the person who sent the memo didn’t know what they were talking about. Companies regularly send out memos or post notices on board claiming something is illegal when it is just nonsense, recently we had threads about a company insisting their drivers eject the digi card when parked at night as leaving it in is illegal and VOSA would fine them. It isn’t illegal and no fine would be issued for leaving it in. Personally I would never believe any memo claiming something was illegal without checking for myself.
It likely started because someone read the bit about needing a second licence for a caravan or mobile home when the TV at home was being used and said it applied to trucks without reading the bit that clearly says it isn’t required for a vehicle.
Drivers have been repeating this myth for years claiming to have been nicked for it and you had to have a licence with the registration number in place of the address and other such nonsense. The question has been discussed on these forums several times with each thread containing claims from drivers saying their mate had been nicked for it and, this is a particularly good one, that because when you are parked at night the truck is counted as the driver’s home it was no longer a vehicle and therefore required a licence.
That puts it firmly in the Driver’s Bullcrap category.
dowahdiddyman:
welshboyinspain:
dowahdiddyman:
Not as far as I know, on the subject of in cab tv, what do people recommend now most places have gone digital.i bought a tv from tesco 109.99 built in digical and dvd player works well off inverter got a pic somewhere
there you go found itThat looks ideal mate, sorry to be a pain but what sort of aeriel are you using. Been a while since I wanted a tv in my cab, only recently gone back on 2-3 night out a week after 5-6 years of not doing any.
I’ve recently bought an aerial for a campervan from a caravan shop in spain cost €42 and works off 12 or 24v really good for digital reception mounted on pole behind the cab
welshboyinspain:
I’ve recently bought an aerial for a campervan from a caravan shop in spain cost €42 and works off 12 or 24v really good for digital reception mounted on pole behind the cab
Them Poles get everywhere.