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So I got this preamp and installed it, worked great I thought, my TV saw 88 channels on the initial scan with the preamp, vs. 32 channels without it. The only problem is that it only works for a few hours at a time, then something happens and all channels disappear. Unplugging the preamp doesn't...

Anyone know of an ATSC tuner that has a good signal strength display? I just put up an antenna rotator and want to use it to seek out stations that the auto tuning misses. Right now I have one TV that will allow me to input an RF channel number and then display signal strength and quality for...

I recently put up a new antenna and am experiencing a strange problem. In San Diego there are 2 stations on VHF, channels 8 and 10 (plus at least one from Mexico on Channel 9). I have a Winegard 8200 pointed at 105 degrees to pick up UHF stations and the VHF stations are at about 290 degrees so...

I've sent 3 emails to every WSI address I could find on their website and haven't received a reply. Anyone know if they're still around? I'm trying to get help with an SG9120B on which the warranty expires in a few weeks.

I'm trying to aim my dish using an SG9120B and a Coolsat 5000 and/or a Sonicview 8000HD. Both receivers have worked fine in the past with this motor. The problem I'm having is that the motor will barely move - not even a degree I think. I haven't used this setup for a while and decided to go out...

I was adjusting the dish elevation about a week ago in the usual manner, loosened the 6 bolts that hold that adjustment so that the dish could move but would stay in place when I let go. I must have had them too tight because the shaft broke in two while I was moving the dish. This shaft is made...

:confused: Subject says it - I ran my DG380 west as far as it would go and now it's stuck there. I've tried disconnecting the coax and following the reset procedures - nothing. This started when I tried to move the dish east to look at 83W. It was looking at 101W when I started and would not go...

TV – LG 32LD450 32-Inch 1080p 60 Hz LCD HDTV Antenna – ChannelMaster 2018 Pre amp – Winegard AP8700 Audio - Onkyo HT-S3300 5.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver and Speaker Package Bought this TV as it was reasonably priced for a full HD (1080i) set and the 32” size was the largest that...

Bought a new 32" LG HDTV last week and it works great except for one mysterious quirk - the audio stumbles or hiccups on two of the OTA channels I get. The other OTA channels work fine as do the feeds from my Roku and my Sonicview HD8000. If I use the ATSC tuner on the Sonicview and feed it to...

I'm thinking of replacing my 27" CRT TV with a 32" LCD set. I have a Sonicview 8000HD I plan to use with it and that has PVR capability but I wonder if any of the manufacturers offer a TV with the PVR capability built in, either via a USB port for an external HDD like the Sonicview has, or with...

:confused: Having a peculiar problem with my Sonicview 8000HD while watching OTA channels. It will occasionally "hiccup", losing picture and sound for a second or so, flashing the channel display along the bottom of the screen, then resuming normal operation. I'm running FW version 4.43 and...

Since there are, to my knowledge, no longer any FTA circular polarized signals I changed my LNBF back to the original one I had purchased with my dish, a WS9036. I removed the now unnecessary Diseqc switch at the same time. I tuned in the Create channel on 125W prior to making the switch and saw...

My DG-380 motor from Sadoun has developed some play in the shaft - it turns a degree or two without the motor turning. This motor is said to have automatic backlash adjustment so I don't think this play should be there - anyone else have this problem? I don't think I've overloaded the motor -...

My SV8000HD has a new trick. It was rebooting itself at times so I started looking through all the threads I could find on this unit to see if mine was the only one. I had been running FW version 4.43 for several months with no problems until it started doing reboots. Here are the symptoms. The...

When I watch "Lost" on ABC I've noticed that it runs 2 minutes past the hour, i.e. it's on from 9:00PM to 10:02PM. I haven't noticed any other shows that do this - just wondering if this is meant to discourage people from changing to another channel at 10:00 (as they'll miss either the first 2...

The other day I noticed that my dish moves for no apparent reason. It's on a DG380 motor connected to a Sonicview 8000HD. At seemingly random times the motor will start and move the dish 10 or 20 degrees. Then it moves back at some later time. This is with the power off on the receiver (powered...

Saw an announcement in this morning's paper that Comcast is buying KNSD, the San Diego NBC channel. A quick web search shows that Comcast has been trying to buy NBC Universal for a while and that KNSD is owned directly by NBC. Anyone know if this is part of that deal? Wonder how long it will be...

Well the title pretty much says it - I bought an allegedly functional Coolsat 5k off Ebay for about $30 with the shipping. Unfortunately I can't get it to do anything useful. When it's connected to TV with A/V cables it seems to go into an endless loop. What looks like a channel info bar for an...

I wanted to get ION and NASA from 119W so changed my LNBF from a WSI DMX521 to an Invacom QPH031. It worked nicely but the Q on all the linear channels dropped by about half or a little less. The picture and sound look fine but I haven't watched very much since making this change so I don't know...

Just tried to tune in Montana PBS on AMC 21 and find nothing. The other PBS channels are there, PBS World, Create, etc. Tried doing a blind scan - found everything else but not that one. Anyone else having this problem? thanks, John

I've been playing around with this stuff for about 4 months now. Started off with a Sonicview 8000HD and a terrestrial antenna to get OTA channels. Bought the SV from Shop4FTA - shipped quickly, received in good order. Had to upload version 4.43 of the firmware to get the VHF channels to work...

I finally put up a dish to use with my 8000. I've been using it for about a month for OTA channels. I bought the WS9036 from Galaxy Marketing along with their DMX521 LNB. I found Diplexers locally at Fry's and set up the system using the existing RG6. AImed at AMC 21 and did a blind scan, got...

I have 3 OTA ATSC receivers, one a Sonicview 8000HD and two Sansonic SD converter boxes. I noticed last night that my PVR on the Sonicview started a recording well before the time it was set to start. Further investigation suggests that the OTA stations are not all transmitting the correct time...

Anyone using the Sonicview 8000HD to watch OTA ATSC stations? I'm new to the FTA world and trying to decide whether to buy this unit so I can combine OTA and FTA setup. Right now I have two of the coupon converter boxes, labeled Sansonic - they work pretty well, get all the San Diego locals in...