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    CHICAGO METRO AREA VOOM

    UM anyone missing channel 26 today?? I tried re-scan and I have 16 OTA, and 26-1 shows a signal of 92. Not sure why it's black...
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    CHICAGO METRO AREA VOOM

    Fox Glitches Hello everybody, Is anyone else getting constant glitches on Fox? I am getting pretty anoyed by it because it's almost every 5 minutes. I have reset my box several times and still the same dealie... Thanks Much.
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    CHICAGO METRO AREA VOOM

    Mine is accessable with a broom but it's not a buildup issue as it was clean both times. Perhaps it's a crudy LNBF or dish may be off but when i'm normally at 95% signal without snow and 65% with snow it leads me to believe higher gain is the answer. we'll find out next week what the doctor...
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    CHICAGO METRO AREA VOOM

    SO what I'm not allowed to be upset at getting nothing?? I guess I should change my signature to say "completely happy until it snows"?? would that be ok with you??? Gesh....
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    CHICAGO METRO AREA VOOM

    OK I have had enough with the snow blockage. Last Wednesday we had no satellite all day and now last night we lost sat while it was snowing. So I got intouch with Voom to get evaulated for the larger dish and off air antenna. Have anyone else in Chicago complained about the snow fade?? I went...
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    They think were idiots

    All I can say is some people are just a bit too sensitive. I would have asked the installer to try another OTA module if he had one. If not maybe he had another receiver... With new service come new obstacles to overcome. I guess at least this will give someone else, with a little more...
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    Is your homeowners association pressuring you about antennas

    If you live in a new subdivision and your homeowners association is try to deny you the right to mount a dish and OTA antenna print out this link and take it to them. Then go home and watch some TV. http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html NO local H.O.A. has the authority to deny you the...
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    OTA 5.1 Question

    Haven't you ever heard of digital encoding?? It's the 21's century and we can now send 5, 6, or 7.1 channels of audio through 1 cable using a digital encoding scheme. What you have going with your DVD player is overkill.. You can either hook up the 6 individual cables OR the optical digital OR...
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    Question Install Charges?

    antennas and "associations" I say F%^& the community it's your house, your property, you make the payments, you should be able to put any damn antenna you want to on your roof. I am a HAM operator and we battle this all the time. There is a specific rule which allows you to install an...
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    CHICAGO METRO AREA VOOM

    Funky, You should have a small power injector in your OTA antenna line. The internal amplifier is NOT powered by the receiver. There is no way the box would know if the antenna has an amplifier or not so it can't output any voltage to the antenna by default. I have seperate lines for OTA...