Dvlos said:Ok, I messed around with the antenna, and I tilted it about 8 degrees westward and noticed a marked improvement. What's strange is my house is two story shouldn't the tech had installed the antenna as high as possible for maximum radius?
How I get ABC easier, but PBS stutters at times.. I still can't figure out my channel mapping issues but tomorrow a real Voom installer is coming between 2-6pm to check it out, i want him to tell me exactly what's up.. will keep you guys posted.
Dvlos said:Ok problem solved except one, it got real late and couldn't do thats to move the OTA higher.. my townhouse is all concrete and as he was trying to movie it around we would lose or gain OTA channels... he replaced the LNB? The little device that sits in front of hte dish.. BOOM all fixed.
Yup...that's what I thought...East!
Vlad, I gues we have to try turning ours a bit due east...I'm going to try this weekend and post if it works.
You see Vlad...we will be seeing more voom dishes in the neighborhood after all...!!!
I have read that some people request antenna upgrades and am not clear whether I should consider that upfront or not. I'd appreciate hearing others' experience (in this area) with this antenna.
I know this doesnt help but I live in PPines and I can get 29 WFLX from my D* system with a Terk55 mounted in attic and facing the right way. With Voom, they mounted the stealth antenna pointing towards the stadium so I never get any WPB stations, however one night I got channel 12 for a little bit (odd weather or something). But Like i said, it's pointing towards the miami stations, if you rotate it you should be able to get it. A while back this was a big issue for me since channel 7 didnt even broadcast 480P, about 2 months they started doing it so it's no great loss not getting 29 anymore. Hope that info helped.TC_Lauderdale said:Does anybody get channel 29 WFLX? I'm in Plantation and my antenna is facing due south, but I think that 29 is north, right?
lmtorres said:I've gone into system settings and checked the signal strength and the dish is getting 95, but the antenna is getting only 50-60. I get NBC, CBS, UPN, WB and others, but can't lock in ABC. If I tune to it I can hear the sound, but the screen remains black. I'm thinking of having the tech return and "tune" the antenna a bit. When he was installing it I asked if he used a meter to aim it and he told me that most installers "don't want to spend the big money to buy the meter..." so he does it by "experience". I can remember reading a posting or two about installers not putting a card in the antenna (perhaps I misunderstood). Anyway, I'd like to get ABC and then all will be perfect.
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Nitro said:Hello to all,
Just had my Voom installed last Friday (West Palm Beach) and I have to say, everything is working fine so far. The HD channels are awesome, especially Equator, Rush and Rave. There are some SD channels I hope they get sometime soon like SciFi, USA and Food Network but I can live without them for sure.
My existing OTA antenna from my previous setup is picking up the digitals fine all the way down to Miami (4,6,7,10 among others) and my locals (5,12,29,39 and others).
Running the DTV in another room for a month or so before I commit 100% to Voom. So far I like what I see.
Look forward to a DVR soon from Voom ...