Voom through backfed signal

  • WELCOME TO THE NEW SERVER!

    If you are seeing this you are on our new server WELCOME HOME!

    While the new server is online Scott is still working on the backend including the cachine. But the site is usable while the work is being completes!

    Thank you for your patience and again WELCOME HOME!

    CLICK THE X IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE BOX TO DISMISS THIS MESSAGE

The Stone Man

Centennial, Colorado
Original poster
Supporting Founder
Feb 15, 2004
872
0
Centennial, Colorado
I have an annoying problem with my Voom set-up and wanted to try this format for resolution. Used to have Dish Network, which was fed to a receiver and the signal was routed to other locations in the house. I replaced Dish with VOOM. The Voom satellite dish is fed to the Voom receiver, with a component hookup to a Pioneer 4340 and it works great. The installer then backfed the signal into the existing cables that had been used for Dish Network. All TV's got a signal, but it was bad due to multiple splitters rated at 900 mhz. I replaced the splitters with the diplexer that Voom gives you at installation time, attaching one of the backfed cables to the VHF/UHF input post, and now I get HD reception on a new HD LCD that I bought for an additional room. The sound is also good. Now--the problem. The HD picture is great, and the color is perfect, but the display freezes momentarily when watching the television. So the picture displays, then there's the hesitation, then picture, hesitation....etc. The same thing happens on a non HD tv in another room. I tried replacing the Voom diplexer with a TERK satellite splitter, but that didn't work at all. Any suggestions from the experts out there? The Voom diplexer is rated at 2.3 mhz.
 
Does it happen in every channel, everytime? or does it happen in some channels only? I have seen jerky video on Showtime HD and Discovery HD but it had to do more with uplink problems at VOOM. The other channels were ok.
 
Yes, every channel

This hesitation happens on every channel. I get local stations that are non-HD, and the problem is not as pronounced on those channels. On HD channels, it is worse. When I watch the music channels, it is not a problem since they have a somewhat static display. I think it must be related to the use of the diplexer as a splitter. I don't know whether to try a different splitter, get another Voom receiver, or try a DVD player with a co-ax in.
 
That's weird... I will put a service call to get a new receiver, realign the dish to make sure is correctly aligned. That's not supposed to happen. What's your signal strength? Did you try to do a reboot by unplugging the unit? Did you do a factory reset?
 
Unplug and replug WORKED

Sean,
THANK YOU. It was a simple matter of unplugging the satellite receiver and then plugging it back in!!!! I'm cookin now, thanks to you.
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Total: 0, Members: 0, Guests: 0)

Who Read This Thread (Total Members: 1)

Latest posts