VOOM STB Version 00.05.68: Features/Bugs/Requests
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I had a program in the Planner for Monday night, the timer fired but I ended up recording CBS instead of PlayboyHD. Later that morning, the correct channel came up. Anyone else having Planner "misfires" (No pun intended).
Feature requests:
1. Please make the main guide begin at the currently viewed channel, not always starting at channel 100. I know that the surf guide does this, but it takes too long to view one channel at a time. And I think this has already been requested, please make the guides transparent, or at least make it an option. Both of these requests should be able to be handled easily in the system settings.
2. The guide needs a lot of work. It should cover at least 2 hours on a single screen with the time increments marked, as well as an indicator showing the user where he is in time currently.
3. The guide should be a single button hit that does not require hitting the "Voom" button first. I know there are ways around this, but it should work this way by default. "Guide" and "menu" should be two independent buttons.
4. Assign a "clear screen" button somewhere. This is desperately needed, as it is a royal pain to keep using the "back" button over and over again until the screen is cleared.
Bug report:
1. S-video output sync signal needs work. It does not sync up properly to an InFocus X1, yet 6 other s-video sources have synced up properly, so I have to assume that something is funky with the Voom box's sync.
2. High definition output from the component outputs is not being scaled correctly by the Voom box, requiring aspect ratio adjustment from the display device. Once again, all other HD sources display correctly on the same projector, so I must assume that something is awry with the Voom 1080i signal.
Edit: It looks like this is not a bug after all, but is actually very poor engineering. Voom is assuming that every HD display device is formatted 16:9, and this is simply not the case. Front projectors, for example, come both in 16:9 and 4:3 varieties, and Voom needs to provide a control that selects the aspect ratio of the display device, and then allows the user to control the AR from there.
3. IRD still locks up for no apparent reason.
4. Some channels blacked out, but returning to them makes them appear.
5. Pixelization on channel changes still needs to be addressed.
6. Audio dropouts still need fixing.
1. Please make the main guide begin at the currently viewed channel, not always starting at channel 100. I know that the surf guide does this, but it takes too long to view one channel at a time. And I think this has already been requested, please make the guides transparent, or at least make it an option. Both of these requests should be able to be handled easily in the system settings.
2. The guide needs a lot of work. It should cover at least 2 hours on a single screen with the time increments marked, as well as an indicator showing the user where he is in time currently.
3. The guide should be a single button hit that does not require hitting the "Voom" button first. I know there are ways around this, but it should work this way by default. "Guide" and "menu" should be two independent buttons.
4. Assign a "clear screen" button somewhere. This is desperately needed, as it is a royal pain to keep using the "back" button over and over again until the screen is cleared.
Bug report:
1. S-video output sync signal needs work. It does not sync up properly to an InFocus X1, yet 6 other s-video sources have synced up properly, so I have to assume that something is funky with the Voom box's sync.
2. High definition output from the component outputs is not being scaled correctly by the Voom box, requiring aspect ratio adjustment from the display device. Once again, all other HD sources display correctly on the same projector, so I must assume that something is awry with the Voom 1080i signal.
Edit: It looks like this is not a bug after all, but is actually very poor engineering. Voom is assuming that every HD display device is formatted 16:9, and this is simply not the case. Front projectors, for example, come both in 16:9 and 4:3 varieties, and Voom needs to provide a control that selects the aspect ratio of the display device, and then allows the user to control the AR from there.
3. IRD still locks up for no apparent reason.
4. Some channels blacked out, but returning to them makes them appear.
5. Pixelization on channel changes still needs to be addressed.
6. Audio dropouts still need fixing.
Does anyone else find it irritating that the Surf direction is opposite between the Surf Bar and the Guide? I'm so used to going DOWN in the Guide to get to a higher channel number that when I have the Surf Bar showing, I always go the wrong way since you have to push UP to go up. 
Here's another one: In the Planner, put the total time for the show. To record, I have to add a show to the planner then set the recording time on my DVHS recorder and I always have to go back through the Surf Bar to the time of the show to find out the length if I forgot it or didn't set the recorder's timer first.
Has anyone tried the conflict resolution with the Planner yet? If so, how does it work?
Has anyone tried the conflict resolution with the Planner yet? If so, how does it work?
I would like to make a few request. Things I had in other receivers before.
1. The guide be able to switch to view more channels at once.
2. A search menu to be able to find a program at a later time. Guide Search, by credits, title, text, category
3. Automatically bring up the channel guide without having to hit all channels button.
4. Have a reminder setting to view a program you select for a later time.
5. Be able to change aspect ratio within the receiver.
6. Be able to manually enter an OTA channel.
7. DVR! With a good sized hard drive at no extra costs.
8. On-screen Caller ID Number
1. The guide be able to switch to view more channels at once.
2. A search menu to be able to find a program at a later time. Guide Search, by credits, title, text, category
3. Automatically bring up the channel guide without having to hit all channels button.
4. Have a reminder setting to view a program you select for a later time.
5. Be able to change aspect ratio within the receiver.
6. Be able to manually enter an OTA channel.
7. DVR! With a good sized hard drive at no extra costs.
8. On-screen Caller ID Number
DarrellP said:
I think I'm reading this correctly.
You can just press the 'watch' button or the 'info' twice more to view.
Here's another funky thing considering the Guide: When I pull up my Favorites and hit Page, it moves a page, but it loops back and forth between my local ch 2 and the Voom Cinema 10's 2 or 3 times, then starts going backward in the list from the higher numbers down to the lower numbers. This Guide interface needs major reprogramming.
This may sound silly, but are you aware that the page button is actually two buttons that look like one? You can page up and down using the tips of the button.
NO sh*t? I did not know that, no wonder I'm so frickin confused. Sometimes it would go up and sometimes it would go down and sometimes it goes back and forth. CRAP! Wasch_24, you just cured 95% of my VOOM headaches, thank you, sir!!! Boy do I feel dumb! I guess I am the one who needs major reprogramming 
DarrellP, don't feel bad. Many of us were confused by this Page button at one time or another. It is not obvious, especially when you have a Back button that looks the same but has only one action whether you press it up or down. I think VOOM should change the label of the Page button on the remote to indicate Up and Down directions.
Yep. It took me a little while to notice it as well.DarrellP said:NO sh*t? I did not know that, no wonder I'm so frickin confused. Sometimes it would go up and sometimes it would go down and sometimes it goes back and forth. CRAP! Wasch_24, you just cured 95% of my VOOM headaches, thank you, sir!!! Boy do I feel dumb! I guess I am the one who needs major reprogramming
My button on the right of OK will scroll up the PG 5 channels per page and the button on the left side I use for back to the previous channel. My wife found this feature after the upgrade software....Leave it to a women they seem to know everything.HD=Voom
I was on the same boat my 1st 3 weeks of VOOM. If you figure out the re-programming part let me know because I may also need itDarrellP said:NO sh*t? I did not know that, no wonder I'm so frickin confused. Sometimes it would go up and sometimes it would go down and sometimes it goes back and forth. CRAP! Wasch_24, you just cured 95% of my VOOM headaches, thank you, sir!!! Boy do I feel dumb! I guess I am the one who needs major reprogramming
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