[VOOM] I hate it when....

[John Yates]

jeffrymaynard <jeffrymaynard@yahoo.com> wrote:I think that I can help you but it is going to require a little
investment on your part. I can quarantee that this solution is well
worth the monies you will spend.

Purchase a Terk-55 HDTV antenna. It is fairly unobtrusive and adds
a very good qaulity HD/VHF/UHF amplified signal to your system.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005T3A9/103-7981268-
4175001?v=glance

Purchase a couple of diplexers (sold at most electronics stores but
you can find them online for a fraction of the cost. I recommend
the Terk DBS-P1 just because that is what I use.
http://dssaccessories.com/eshop/10Browse.asp?Category=Diplexers

Purchase on good quality splitter. Dont be cheap here, get a good
quality one. The cost is just a couple of dollars more.
http://dssaccessories.com/eshop/10Browse.asp?Category=2 way coax%
20splitters

Install the Terk antenna as close to the top of your house as
possible. You might want to play with the wall that you mount it on
for best reception.

Run a short cable from the Terk antenna into the attic and inert
into one of the diplexers. Take your VOOM cable and plug into the
other side of the diplexer. Now the third leg of the diplexer goes
down the exising cable to your set. At than end reverse the
diplexer and install the SAT connection to VOOM. On the
cable/antenna side run a single wire from the diplexer to the
splitter. On the splitter run one wire to the Analog input on your
TV and the other to the VOOM set. This way VOOM can map the HD
channels picked up by the set and you can still recieve the analog
signals (yuk).

This solution should cost you less than 100.00 if you show wisely.
There will be poeple that tell you that any off air antenna will
work and that is true, but I recommend that you seriously invest in
an off air with amplification. I know that in my area, it makes the
difference between 3 or 7 HD stations.
--- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "cruiser449" <cruiser449@y...> wrote:
> I got my voom installed today and I LOVE IT! My HD off-the-air
> channels come in perfectly
>
> however; What is the easiest way to add the locally broadcast
analog
> channels? these are the only ones I miss from my cable line-up
like
> FOX, WB & UPN. it seems odd that the HD antennae would pick up HD
> but not analog.. do I need yet another antennae?


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[John Yates]

I hate it when....

I hate it when I am trying to justify cancelling DishN. I am with VOOM for the long haul. It just really sucks when it rains, and my VOOM system immediately cuts out. I then resort to DishNetwork, which is working fine. I originally decided to keep Dish so I can receive the Fox Sports regional broadcasts. I now find myself using Dish for more. Dish = security during rain + regional fox sports + consistent local broadcasts+ DVR + HGTV,FOODTV etc. However, I am a highdef freak so I will never cancel VOOM. I am confident that eventually VOOM will be on top, and realize that many of us are stuck with two dishes on our roof with the hope that one day we can cancel DishNetwork and/or DirecTV once and for all.

VOOMER

 

[jimmykce1]

Voom will be going to a different dish in the next couple of months, which should solve rain fade problems. Also in October Voom is planning to going to MPEG4/WM9 which will free up more bandwith for more channels.