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    Detroit VOOM installations

    Don Lors did a pretty good job on mine as well.. I had to move the OTA antenna a few time to try and get the best reception but I was happy with there work.. Cya Slick
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    Metro Detroit (Royal Oak) review

    Hey there jtruong I am on the very most east side o Michigan on the Saint Clair river, 32 mile and I-94 right on the border of Canada and the US.. I have been thinking about getting a rotor for my antenna so I can get Canadian channels on the old tv.. Well good luck to you on your quest for...
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    OTA Signal Strength Problem(merged with the Metro Detroit thread)

    Hey there jtruong I am on the very most east side o Michigan on the Saint Clair river, 32 mile and I-94 right on the border of Canada and the US.. I have been thinking about getting a rotor for my antenna so I can get Canadian channels on the old tv.. Well good luck to you on your quest for...
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    Metro Detroit (Royal Oak) review

    Hey there jtruong I think it depends how much power the station is putting out makes a big diffrence, because I get a bunch of ota channels but UPN 50 which is in the same direction has never come in at all.. Channel 2 is in the same direction but I only get that one during prime time 8pm...
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    OTA Signal Strength Problem(merged with the Metro Detroit thread)

    Hey there jtruong I think it depends how much power the station is putting out makes a big diffrence, because I get a bunch of ota channels but UPN 50 which is in the same direction has never come in at all.. Channel 2 is in the same direction but I only get that one during prime time 8pm...
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    Metro Detroit (Royal Oak) review

    I went and check and yes it is still the same software.. Sorry I did not wanna get everyone all in mass hysteria LOL you guys are cracking me up.. Hey there wasch_24 thanks for changing the title in this thread.. Well it sounds like a few people got the OTA update, it is so new it is not...
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    (still 5.68 software)Just got the new update (merged with Metro Detroit thread)

    I went and check and yes it is still the same software.. Sorry I did not wanna get everyone all in mass hysteria LOL you guys are cracking me up.. Hey there wasch_24 thanks for changing the title in this thread.. Well it sounds like a few people got the OTA update, it is so new it is not...
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    Metro Detroit (Royal Oak) review

    (still 5.68 software)Just got the new update (to my OTA map) I think that is what you Voomers have been calling it, I just was looking thru my channels and BAM, there it was the WB channel 20.. I was not mapped for this channel before and there it was, I was pretty happy.. I take it that...
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    (still 5.68 software)Just got the new update (merged with Metro Detroit thread)

    Moderator Note: Thread copied to the Metro Detroit thread. I think that is what you Voomers have been calling it, I just was looking thru my channels and BAM, there it was the WB channel 20.. I was not mapped for this channel before and there it was, I was pretty happy.. I take it that...
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    New Dish on Friday - Credit Coming

    Hey Eric where are you in Michigan? I am on the eastern side of the state, along the Saint Clair river, 50 miles north of Detroit.. Cya Slick
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    New Voomer...Need Help

    Hey there Sat4me it seems you know allot about Voom setup, I went and bought a VU120xr Radio Shack antenna which says it is good for 90 miles UHF and 120 VHF, but when I hooked it up I got nuthin no channels at all.. The towers are 47 miles away at the most, I think I am going to need a preamp...
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    New Voomer...Need Help

    My sensor 11 antenna is 30' from my Voom dish and has it own mounting bracket to the roof, it does not need to be connected to the dish.. I am no OTA expert but I can tell you what I have.. Cya Slick
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    Ota Signal Power And Quality

    raised the antenna Well after work today I went and bought a tripod and a ast for my stock Voom (Winegard) antenna and raised it ABOUT 5"HIGHER on the roof and it brought up my OTA Power and OTA quality, they are both running around 50 now and I get every channel except channel 50 and channel...
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    Ota Signal Power And Quality

    on your remote hit the big Voom button in the middle, then hit the green button on the remote then scroll down to system settings, a warning sign will come up and scroll down to the third page and you will see it off air power and strength and the same for the sattilte as well.. I hope this...
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    Ota Signal Power And Quality

    Hey Sean my can lock on with 20 for quality and 40 for power.. I am just slowly seeing what I can get at a distance of 47 miles away from the tower with the antenna I have, and keep upgrading till I get all my channels.. I guess I am just trying not to put up a big ugly antenna unless I have...
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    Ota Signal Power And Quality

    Hey guys I have a simple question what are your common numbers for your OTA signal quality and signal power? The reason I am asking is I just moved my OTA Wingard GS2000A sensor 2 antenna to a place that I thought it would get better reception and it did, my reading were OTA signal quality...
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    OTA 5.1 Question

    Hello guys here we go I am running a Sony dvp-cx985v 400 disk dvd player and a Sony STR-DE845 receiver, which are both DD & DTS compatible and the dvd player is the same way.. I use to run just the optical from the dvd player to the receiver but when I played a dvd it had better be a dvd encoded...
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    Ota Signal Strength

    Hello there Sean I just sent you a picture of the multi switch, in a e-mail when we were talking about Voom stock.. Let me know if you get it alright, and if you dident I can send it to you to a diffrent email address.. I misspoke myself in a earlier post there is three cables coming into the...
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    Ota Signal Strength

    Sean here is how the cables are coming in the house the antenna has its own cable and the Voom dish has two cables off it all three cables come into the house to a digital 4 way multi switch.. When it leaves the Multi switch there are only two cables going to each Voom box, so I changed the...
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    Ota Signal Strength

    Hey I see where BBTKD said he has .68 firmware so why would I have VI6 secure firmware???
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    Ota Signal Strength

    Sean the off air power number is 0 and the off air quality number is like 15.. The Big screen tv the other Voom box is 35 to 40 power and 20 to 30 quality.. I have not gotten my OTA issues work out yet, like getting all my channels but I figure if I am only getting one channel you would...
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    Ota Signal Strength

    Well I tried going thru the setting and the only diffrence I noticed between the two Voom boxes in the settings was the Standby was 16 hours old and the one that is picking up the over the air signal was 2 hours old.. I also switched the cables on the splitter and nothing changed.. The secure...
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    Ota Signal Strength

    What was happening was I could get OTA channel 7 on the big screen but not at all on the other tv, and that made no sense to me.. I will try some of your suggestions and see if it makes any diffrence, I am kinda new at the set up menus on the Voom box and I dont wanna screw any of the...
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    OTA 5.1 Question

    Hello there everyone you sure had a lot of good imput on this so I printed out all your posts and took them to work with me and read thru them.. I also took my manual for my receiver and went thru that as well, I figured I should have gave you all a little bit more info about my setup.. I...
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    OTA 5.1 Question

    How can I be actually getting 5.1 Dolby digital to my home theater when there is no 5.1 hook ups on the back of the voom box? I have only one set of 5.1 hooks ups on my reciver and that is hooked up to my dvd player.. By what I understand is that the optical cable can handle DTS but not Dolby...