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hobesounddarryl
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[VOOM] Re: Does OTA work
You have to go into the installer menu. Here's the steps.
1. voom button. Look to the lower right of this screen (green button =3D Op=
tion & Settings)
2. green button. Look to the lower right of this screen (green button =3D S=
ystem Settings)
3. green button again.
If you've put the system on password (parental control) you'll have to go t=
hrough an extra=20
step here.
4. installer menu (select and click)
5. installer wizard (select and click)
Now options 3 & 4 are what you seek. Option 3 lets you scan individual chan=
nels. Option 4=20
lets you scan all 69 channels.
If you have a rotor and a highly directional antenna, option 3 is pretty ha=
ndy because it=20
lets you figure out the ideal direction for each channel you enter.
Option 4 is easiest if the antenna is not too directional because it will s=
imply scan for=20
everything it can find and put it in the guide.
I would guess the original poster of this thread could point his antenna on=
e way for=20
Toledo, do the (option 4) scan, and then rotate it almost exactly the oppos=
ite direction, do=20
the (option 4) scan and be set.=20
One GREAT thing about how the Voom box handles this is that it doesn't dele=
te previously=20
scanned channels that it can't on a second sweep. My old D* box would not "=
remember"=20
previously found DTV channels, so I had to scan and lock in individual chan=
nels that I=20
couldn't get in an (option 4-like) sweep scan.=20
If you haven't used this feature before, you'll probably be surprised how m=
any channels=20
you can get- especially if you attach a rotor or do some manual adjustments=
to the=20
antenna.
--- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, jesse camacho <jcama720002002@y...> wrote:
> I did not know you could search for digital ota stations from your receiv=
er. I live in=20
Corpus Christi, Texas and I am only receiving 2 ota stations even though I =
know there are=20
more digital stations in town. How do I program the other stations?
>=20
> hobesounddarryl <darrylhall@u...> wrote:
> You're probably in great shape. 22 and 33 miles is well within range for =
most antennas.=20
> Just test your way into it. It may turn out that you need a rotor if you =
go with a=20
directional=20
> antenna. The rotor will turn the antenna to point where you need it to po=
int. With 2=20
cities=20
> in opposite directions, this may prove handy. If so, I have and really li=
ke the Channel=20
> Master 9521A. It works by remote and can handle 360 degree increments.
>=20
> Relative to the Voom box itself, I am very happy with how it handles loca=
ls. My old D*=20
> equipment would only let me enter up to 2 zip codes at most. But I can pu=
ll DTV=20
channels=20
> from 3 different markets. This meant I was always stuck with at least som=
e channels=20
> having no program guide info.=20
>=20
> Voom seems to correctly identify every channel. On rare occassions I can =
get some=20
> channels from a 4th market too, and Voom corrently identifies them as wel=
l.=20
>=20
> 3 last tips: get some overkill in your antenna selection. In other words,=
if antennaweb=20
> suggests a medium directional, get a large directional. Bigger is pretty =
much always=20
better.=20=20
> Mount it outside and as high as you can- higher is always better too. And=
, if you go with=20
> the rotor, consider a universal remote that will let you program macros f=
or channel=20
> selections. That 9521A rotates your antenna by remote control selections.=
Using a UR=20
like=20
> the MX-700 from Universal Remote Control with this setup allows 1-click t=
uning of local=20
> channels. In other words, one button rotates the antenna to an ideal angl=
e and tunes the=20
> Voom box to that channel.
>=20
> I hope this is helpful
>=20
>=20
> --- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "nutforhockey" <nutforhockey@y...> wrote:
> >=20
> > --- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, snaggerbob <satguys2004@y...> wrote:
> > >=20
> > > do you have any idea where the digital stations towers are located?
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > --=20
> > > snaggerbob
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----
> > > This message was posted via http://www.satelliteguys.us by=20
> > snaggerbob
> > Toledo - 22 miles
> > 1 yellow
> > 1 green
> > 1 lt. green
> > 2 red
> > Detroit- 33 miles
> > 4 lt green
> > 1 red
> > 1 blue, 1 violet
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You have to go into the installer menu. Here's the steps.
1. voom button. Look to the lower right of this screen (green button =3D Op=
tion & Settings)
2. green button. Look to the lower right of this screen (green button =3D S=
ystem Settings)
3. green button again.
If you've put the system on password (parental control) you'll have to go t=
hrough an extra=20
step here.
4. installer menu (select and click)
5. installer wizard (select and click)
Now options 3 & 4 are what you seek. Option 3 lets you scan individual chan=
nels. Option 4=20
lets you scan all 69 channels.
If you have a rotor and a highly directional antenna, option 3 is pretty ha=
ndy because it=20
lets you figure out the ideal direction for each channel you enter.
Option 4 is easiest if the antenna is not too directional because it will s=
imply scan for=20
everything it can find and put it in the guide.
I would guess the original poster of this thread could point his antenna on=
e way for=20
Toledo, do the (option 4) scan, and then rotate it almost exactly the oppos=
ite direction, do=20
the (option 4) scan and be set.=20
One GREAT thing about how the Voom box handles this is that it doesn't dele=
te previously=20
scanned channels that it can't on a second sweep. My old D* box would not "=
remember"=20
previously found DTV channels, so I had to scan and lock in individual chan=
nels that I=20
couldn't get in an (option 4-like) sweep scan.=20
If you haven't used this feature before, you'll probably be surprised how m=
any channels=20
you can get- especially if you attach a rotor or do some manual adjustments=
to the=20
antenna.
--- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, jesse camacho <jcama720002002@y...> wrote:
> I did not know you could search for digital ota stations from your receiv=
er. I live in=20
Corpus Christi, Texas and I am only receiving 2 ota stations even though I =
know there are=20
more digital stations in town. How do I program the other stations?
>=20
> hobesounddarryl <darrylhall@u...> wrote:
> You're probably in great shape. 22 and 33 miles is well within range for =
most antennas.=20
> Just test your way into it. It may turn out that you need a rotor if you =
go with a=20
directional=20
> antenna. The rotor will turn the antenna to point where you need it to po=
int. With 2=20
cities=20
> in opposite directions, this may prove handy. If so, I have and really li=
ke the Channel=20
> Master 9521A. It works by remote and can handle 360 degree increments.
>=20
> Relative to the Voom box itself, I am very happy with how it handles loca=
ls. My old D*=20
> equipment would only let me enter up to 2 zip codes at most. But I can pu=
ll DTV=20
channels=20
> from 3 different markets. This meant I was always stuck with at least som=
e channels=20
> having no program guide info.=20
>=20
> Voom seems to correctly identify every channel. On rare occassions I can =
get some=20
> channels from a 4th market too, and Voom corrently identifies them as wel=
l.=20
>=20
> 3 last tips: get some overkill in your antenna selection. In other words,=
if antennaweb=20
> suggests a medium directional, get a large directional. Bigger is pretty =
much always=20
better.=20=20
> Mount it outside and as high as you can- higher is always better too. And=
, if you go with=20
> the rotor, consider a universal remote that will let you program macros f=
or channel=20
> selections. That 9521A rotates your antenna by remote control selections.=
Using a UR=20
like=20
> the MX-700 from Universal Remote Control with this setup allows 1-click t=
uning of local=20
> channels. In other words, one button rotates the antenna to an ideal angl=
e and tunes the=20
> Voom box to that channel.
>=20
> I hope this is helpful
>=20
>=20
> --- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "nutforhockey" <nutforhockey@y...> wrote:
> >=20
> > --- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, snaggerbob <satguys2004@y...> wrote:
> > >=20
> > > do you have any idea where the digital stations towers are located?
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > --=20
> > > snaggerbob
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----
> > > This message was posted via http://www.satelliteguys.us by=20
> > snaggerbob
> > Toledo - 22 miles
> > 1 yellow
> > 1 green
> > 1 lt. green
> > 2 red
> > Detroit- 33 miles
> > 4 lt green
> > 1 red
> > 1 blue, 1 violet
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> ---------------------------------
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>=20
> To visit your group on the web, go to:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VOOM/
>=20=20=20
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> VOOM-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>=20=20=20
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjcccccccccccccccccc
>=20
>=20=09=09
> ---------------------------------
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Meet the all-new My Yahoo! =96 Try it today!=20
>=20
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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