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delgadil
Last reply · posted in Old VOOM News and Developments Archive

Weird VOOM problem

Hello all,

I have a weird problem with my VOOM system. I have a Mitsubishi HDTV hooked up to my VOOM receiver and cannot watch any of the CinemaHD channels. I can get all the other HD channels (e.g. HDNews, DiscoveryHD, MOOV, etc.) but whenever I try to change the channel to a CinemaHD channel, my TV flickers as if it is trying to change the resolution mode, and then goes into "blue screen" mode. After that I cannot get ANY channels unless I power-cycle the VOOM box. :( Anybody see this problem? Any tips?

Thanks,
Kevin
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Sean Mota said:
According to Wilt:



Having said that, you need to set the box to output 1080i only. There is a red button in front of the receiver. see this picture Here

You need to press this button, as you press it you will see the red lights lit.

The resolution goes like this:

To get a standard 1080i output when the top long light (in front of the receiver) is lit,

720p for the next light below it,

480p below that and 480i for the light below that. The next push of the red button puts you in a 'native output' mode (where all lights briefly flash) which will output whatever the resolution of the broadcast is.

Get it to 1080i. That is only the top light is lit.
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One more question:

If I lock it to 1080i as you explain above, will I need to manually set it to 480i for SD programming (e.g. non-HD channels)?

Thanks,
Kevin
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delgadil said:
One more question:

If I lock it to 1080i as you explain above, will I need to manually set it to 480i for SD programming (e.g. non-HD channels)?

Thanks,
Kevin
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I have a mitsu and voom and my box is hard set at 1080i. You have your choice in the voom configuration to "stretch" sd or use a "pillar box" and it will set them accordingly. I switch back and forth because I can't make my mind up.
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VewDew said:
I have a mitsu and voom and my box is hard set at 1080i. You have your choice in the voom configuration to "stretch" sd or use a "pillar box" and it will set them accordingly. I switch back and forth because I can't make my mind up.
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Cool, where is this configuration? If I lock it to 1080i, what's the default for SD -- stretched or pillar? I'd prefer stretched to avoid image burn-in (I already have a problem with this from watching Fox News all the time -- that sux).

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Kevin
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delgadil said:
Cool, where is this configuration? If I lock it to 1080i, what's the default for SD -- stretched or pillar? I'd prefer stretched to avoid image burn-in (I already have a problem with this from watching Fox News all the time -- that sux).

Thanks,
Kevin
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Press the VOOM Button.
Press the green button. This will bring you to another menu. select settings.
this bring 8 choices. Select VIDEO output (you can always cancel).

in the video output you will see the following screen:

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Sean Mota said:
Press the VOOM Button.
Press the green button. This will bring you to another menu. select settings.
this bring 8 choices. Select VIDEO output (you can always cancel).

in the video output you will see the following screen:

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Hi Sean,

Great news, your suggested fix solved my problem. Actually forcing everything to 1080i seems to make non-HD channels look better as well. I'm gonna just leave it set this way. Thanks again for your help!

Kevin
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Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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2026-27 NCAA College Football

Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Honestly, I would rather see an expanded bracketed playoff system than the current Conference Championship Game + playoff model we're using right now. The Conference Championships essentially allow two teams to beat up on each other, and then both typically are going to end up in the playoffs anyway unless it is one of the weaker or smaller conferences. Let them play it out on the field against others.
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Honestly, I would rather see an expanded bracketed playoff system than the current Conference Championship Game + playoff model we're using right now. The Conference Championships essentially allow two teams to beat up on each other, and then both typically are going to end up in the playoffs anyway unless it is one of the weaker or smaller conferences. Let them play it out on the field against others.
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Until the Big Ten changed thier alignment, (a couple years ago) ... it was not like that at all, the East side won most years the west side represented the Big Ten, but they may have been the team with the 4th best record ...
They finally changed that, to a single conference ... but yes, in most cases, both teams will get in ... now, its a certain both will get in ...

The biggest issue with the Conference Now is the Number of TEAMS .... WAY to Many.
It would take 2-3 YEARS to do a round robin where everyone would play one another ... How do you know how good a team is when teams don't play the same teams ?
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They finally changed that, to a single conference ... but yes, in most cases, both teams will get in ... now, its a certain both will get in ...
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Surprised you haven't made this claim yet.


View: https://x.com/RedditCFB/status/2119843536439005342?a=pI0NYBONwLj4vjRrQWo&s=20
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Surprised you haven't made this claim yet.


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That'd be more than the FA Cup! Over 700 teams. It is also the most glorious tournament in the world.

Maybe it is time to get rid of the College Football season and just go to a tournament. 128 teams, fill in the bottom end with the lower division. Random draw (except the top 10 teams are in one bucket to draw from in the first and second rounds to avoid OSU v Alabama in the first round), go from 128 to 8. 4 games. Then the 8 remaining teams play 7 games against each other. Then the top two play for the title.
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So OU gets screwed and has to move the game under threat of forfeiture, because Ole Miss didn't want to take a 7hr bus ride or find another crew for a chartered flight. When did the crew time out? A 10pm flight cancellation should have had the crew flight ready again around 8am and in Norman by 10am. Everyone else figured this out. The sec better be reimbursing OU for this BS. The weather will be 15 degrees colder in the high 30's low 40's and raining Sunday, I'm sure Ole Miss will be complaining about that too.


View: https://x.com/Oklahoma_AD/status/2121486368454885445?a=T5DkBYl8kG2ZSFPMQb8&s=20


View: https://x.com/SEC/status/2121486292131131575?a=fKBQ6EmOls8OPct7UcE&s=20
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If I were OU I'd have called their bluff and said OK, we forfeit. OU isn't going to the SEC Championship game or College Football Playoffs so it really wouldn't have mattered in the grand scheme of things.
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Echostar 11 - End of Life

EchoStar 11 is at 110W operating at an inclined orbit as a backup.

They have filed to extend it's license through 2027 and expect it likely run out of fuel and require deorbiting sometime in mid year 2027.

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New data shows electric vehicle adoption is increasingly driven by state policies, electricity prices and charging access—not federal incentives
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The number-one US state for EV growth, according to the June 22 Yardi report?
Oklahoma.


:eek


It has no ZEV mandates and "minimal" incentives, Yardi says, but also has cheap electricity, high multi-car household rates (so, for example, a non-Lightning Ford F-150 pulls their trailers), and a consumer base willing to switch.
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EV owners could face a new $130 annual federal fee as soon as December.

  • Congress is considering a new annual fee for electric vehicle owners to help fund road maintenance.
  • The proposed fee would start at $130 for EVs and $35 for plug-in hybrids, potentially increasing over time.
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I posted over in the Pub about the Birthday promotion that Mercedes Benz has at their charging locations this weekend (11/14-15). Half-off their normal charging rates. There is a QR code to scan that needs to entered into their web page to get the special rate, though.
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Promotions - Email - Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging

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Dish now OUT of Bankruptcy - Business as Usual

Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th
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AT&T runs First Net which was set up so first responders have a signal almost everywhere, which is the case around here and up and down the east coast when I've been traveling. In my experience T-Mobile has the fastest network but patchy coverage while Verizon has a slow network and also patchy coverage as well. We also have a iPhone on T-Mobile and one on Mobile-X which uses the Verizon network, so comparison is easy.
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JSheridan said:
AT&T runs First Net which was set up so first responders have a signal almost everywhere, which is the case around here and up and down the east coast when I've been traveling. In my experience T-Mobile has the fastest network but patchy coverage while Verizon has a slow network and also patchy coverage as well. We also have a iPhone on T-Mobile and one on Mobile-X which uses the Verizon network, so comparison is easy.
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I did a 2500 mile round trip road trip a few weeks ago, there were a handful of places where Verizon had service and I had nothing on FirstNet. Most notably in the backwoods of Kentucky and Tennessee. Those same places I had no service on T-Mobile either. In populated areas, like the Lexington metro and Knoxville metro AT&T not only had great coverage, better than Verizon and T-Mobile generally, they have n77 everywhere. I hit 1.2 Gbps or higher pretty much everywhere, beating out the other two. That is the exact opposite here back in Western NY. Very little n77 on AT&T here and T-Mobile always rockets to 1.5 Gbps or higher.

As far as I know, there is no AT&T tower in my town. The tower I connect to when I'm outside, no service indoors, is one about 4.5 miles north of me in a different town, I can barley latch on to band 12, not 14. It's LTE only but when near that tower I exceed 200 Mbps which is phenomenal for low band LTE, but T-Mobile and Verizon have mid band on the same tower, and i'm well over a gig.

I'm looking forward to the n14 conversion and deployment of n79/4.9 GHz. Since AT&T can't sell their home internet service in NY State, I don't expect big things from them besides the enhancements to FirstNet.
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EarDemon said:
... Since AT&T can't sell their home internet service in NY State, I don't expect big things from them besides the enhancements to FirstNet.
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We're in NY and we can now. We're an AT&T retailer and have been selling AT&T Internet Air for a few months. It's $35 a month if you're an AT&T post paid subscriber, $55 a month if you're not a subscriber.
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JSheridan said:
We're in NY and we can now. We're an AT&T retailer and have been selling AT&T Internet Air for a few months. It's $35 a month if you're an AT&T post paid subscriber, $55 a month if you're not a subscriber.
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Wow when did that happen? I'm guessing AT&T caved and started offering a $15/month low income tier for those who qualify.

Hopefully this causes AT&T to blanket the state with DoD and cband. They are by far the slowest and have the highest latency generally speaking in Western NY.
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EarDemon said:
Wow when did that happen? I'm guessing AT&T caved and started offering a $15/month low income tier for those who qualify.

Hopefully this causes AT&T to blanket the state with DoD and cband. They are by far the slowest and have the highest latency generally speaking in Western NY.
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It happened just recently, I think about four months ago.

We're in eastern upstate NY and AT&T is pretty good, for the most part it's 5G+. T-Mobile is definitely the fastest but not the best coverage, AT&T is next fastest with the best overall coverage and Verizon is the slowest with the worst coverage.

We're also looking forward to the new bands coming online.
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Wow ,who would of thought there was this much to talk about when it came to phone companies?
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Wow ,who would of thought there was this much to talk about when it came to phone companies?
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there's a forum called howard forums. It's all about phone companies ;)
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JSheridan said:
We're in NY and we can now. We're an AT&T retailer and have been selling AT&T Internet Air for a few months. It's $35 a month if you're an AT&T post paid subscriber, $55 a month if you're not a subscriber.
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I don't think I ever knew you were in NY
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slow_poke_pete said:
there's a forum called howard forums. It's all about phone companies ;)
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I agree that's where this phone company discussion probably should be. I've been visiting howardforums twice a day for over 20 years, discovered lot's of really good deals and info there. However, whereas they used to have hundreds of contributors daily, it's now down to less than a dozen regulars and a couple of negative moderators. The site is on it's last legs. I think most participants have moved to reddit.

Just saying.
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JSheridan said:
It happened just recently, I think about four months ago.

We're in eastern upstate NY and AT&T is pretty good, for the most part it's 5G+. T-Mobile is definitely the fastest but not the best coverage, AT&T is next fastest with the best overall coverage and Verizon is the slowest with the worst coverage.

We're also looking forward to the new bands coming online.
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Well that is good news! Around here AT&T mid-band is only in the big suburbs and what I would call 'rural cities', a small city in a rural county that is usually the county seat. There are many rural towers I'm seeing 1.5 - 2 Gbps on with T-Mobile where AT&T is LTE only. And Verizon is humming along at 1 Gbps or a little higher on c-band.

I know I've said this many times, but my ultimate plan one day is to get a commercial grade 5G router that supports dual SIM and have T-Mobile and FirstNet SIMs activated. I want to wait until their are units that can support n14 and n79. I can't see spending well over $1000 on something that will be gimped in a couple of years.
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Wow ,who would of thought there was this much to talk about when it came to phone companies?
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There's a ton to talk about. It's just most people are ignorant when it comes to their hopeless addiction to their phones and spend a lot of time on them but have no idea how the signal gets from point A to B thinking they work on magic, wishes and unicorn farts. They only care when they are at an event with thousands of other people and can't do their tick tocks and Snapgrams and their $1500 shiny toys are useless, I really don't give a damn about phones themselves but I have a tremendous interest in the underlying technology.

I always have Signal Check Pro and Network Cell Info open, looking to see what I'm connected to and watch the levels fluctuate as I move around as environmental variables change.

On my FirstNet line, Signal Check Pro would only show the indepth info for the LTE anchor bands when on 5G on my Pixel Fold 9 & 10. On the Pixel Fold 11 it shows everything. Not sure why the change, it has nothing to do with SA v NSA. When I saw that, it was like Christmas morning for me.

I'm not perfect, but I'm getting pretty good where I can drive by a tower and know which provider(s) is on it and can pick out each provider by the rack.
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What can I do with this satellite dish >>> ?

أهلا بالجميع،
حصلت على طبق استقبال فضائي كامل - باستثناء المكونات الإلكترونية الداخلية - من تاجر خردة.

يبدو أنه كان يستخدم سابقاً للوصول إلى الإنترنت عبر الأقمار الصناعية في منشأة حكومية.

كيف يمكنني الاستفادة من هذا الطبق؟

هل من الممكن الحصول على خدمة إنترنت عبر الأقمار الصناعية مجاناً، أم أن الاشتراك الشهري أو السنوي مطلوب؟

هل يمكن استخدامه لاستقبال قنوات التلفزيون الفضائية المجانية؟

هل من الممكن استقبال كليهما - قنوات التلفزيون عبر الأقمار الصناعية والإنترنت (التحميل/التنزيل) - في وقت واحد؟

هل يمكنني تغطية الطبق بمادة عازلة وواقية لحمايته من عوامل التعرية والتعرض لأشعة الشمس؟

هل هناك أي مكونات إضافية أحتاج إلى تثبيتها في الداخل لإكمال النظام؟

مواصفات الطبق:
عدسة Channel Master ذات البعد البؤري الرئيسي 1.2 متر
صُنع في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
(نطاق Ku أو نطاق C، حسب المكون المستخدم)

شكراً للجميع.
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هه، أراضي أن بعضنا كان يتنافس لبدء بيع المعدات الصناعية للعوديين في حين.
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ههههه، نعم، أنت محق النقاب - كنت واحداً من الأشخاص الذين كانوا يريدون به حقاً!
كان لدي جهاز استقبال فضائي كبير بمحرك، قطره 2.20 متر، مزود بذراع محرك قادر على تتبع الكثير من الأقمار الصناعية - من يوتلسات في الغرب وصولاً إلى قمر سوني الصناعي في الشرق.

لكن في هذه الأيام، لا يكاد أحد هنا لاستخدامه؛ فمعظم القنوات تُبث الآن عبر الإنترنت بالألياف الضوئية.
من أين أنتِ يا عزيزتي؟
أنا لستُ جيداً في الكتابة باللغة الإنجليزية؛ مهاراتي اللغوية ضعيفة.
آمل أن تتمكن من الحصول على خدمة إنترنت مجانية باستخدام هذه الآفاق - لقد توصلت إلى هذه الفكرة بالصدفة!
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you could replace the LNB/feed assembly with a standard LNBF, and buy a receiver. Looks like there are many Ku Band satellites that cover Saudi Arabia with lots of free channels. Europe, Africa & Middle East - LyngSat

For a receiver, you would have to see what's available in your area, but any recent FTA receiver would probably work.

Free internet is quite unlikely
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