Good luck, Voomers! (If you don't reboot daily)

[vurbano]

I am lucky toooooo

 

[FunkyBoss]

I reboot about once every two weeks. So I'd call myself "lucky".

 

[DBENE]

When you say reboot do you mean just turn off the power or unplug and plug back up?

Or is there another way to reboot like a reboot button?

 

[andrzej]

There is. Press the power button for 5 secs or so and let it go. No need to unplug.

 

[warkovision]

I have three boxes and haven't had to reboot very much (maybe twice) since the newest software came (a while ago.)

 

[Mr. Biggles]

One re-boot during my first week. That was three months ago.

 

[Odys]

Only one reboot, second day I had Voom, right after I got the software upgrade. It's been fine since then.

 

[The Stone Man]

Nobody really cares how often I have re-booted, so I'm not telling. If I wasn't so damn old, maybe I could remember when the last one was.

 

[LOBO2999]

Just turned on Voom , and it was locked up on MonsterHD , no sound cant change the channel nothing, lol, this will be 4 reboot in the last 4 months

 

[DarrellP]

Just turned on Voom , and it was locked up on MonsterHD , no sound cant change the channel nothing, lol, this will be 4 reboot in the last 4 months

My Dish 6000 has locked up/rebooted more times than that in 4 months.

 

[pdqbobe]

I have been unlucky . I have been Vooming since 2/28 and reboot two to three times a month .....I'm still using the remote slowly...My only Bit@#h is the sound and pg.

 

[oddwunn]

I have 2 boxes:

The first never requires rebooting.
The second needs to be rebooted at least once a day, and it must be unplugged. The soft reboot does not help.

I figured I would just put up with the second box until the new firmware comes out to see if it helps.

 

[DBENE]

I have three boxes and haven't had to reboot very much (maybe twice) since the newest software came (a while ago.)

Is there anyway to tell if you have the new software?

 

[Sean Mota]

Is there anyway to tell if you have the new software?

VOOM STB FAQ: Software/Firmware

 

[seandudley]

I've never been a lucky person - I have 2 stb's and have not had to reboot yet. Does this meen my luck has now changed?

Yes, go to Vegas quick before it changes back!

 

[seandudley]

My box seems to lock about once a month or so.. maybe a little less.

 

[DrWho]

I had just one bad day in my 4th day of service, it was frustrating but I figured out some things.

If I change the channels too fast, the box will freeze, so I stopped doing that and just use the menu to see what's on then click OK when I want to change the channel.

That seemed to help, but it is a work around.

 

[Conjuror]

I had just one bad day in my 4th day of service, it was frustrating but I figured out some things.

If I change the channels too fast, the box will freeze, so I stopped doing that and just use the menu to see what's on then click OK when I want to change the channel.

That seemed to help, but it is a work around.

The same here. Switching channels too fast freezes the box. I just use up and down arrows to browse.
But I have to add that Dish's 811 freezes much more than Voom's box. In my opinion, 811 should not be released until they fix all bugs. Sometime I can't even shut down that thing using remote or power button. You have to unplug it and wait few minutes before you turn it on.

 

[K4LK]

If you voom is up and running and you don't have to reboot every day, consider yourself lucky

I guess I'm lucky too. My receiver hasn't rebooted since the last software download.

 

[Ferdy]

I have 2 VOOM boxes, one is connected to my HD set, the other to a SD set.

The SD set box has only locked up once in about 5 weeks---and it did so "on it's own". Turned on the TV (the box was on already) and it was locked up--stuck on one channel with no key response.

The HD set box freezes much more frequently usually every 2-3 days. Sometimes it just freezes up "on it's own" as above, other times it just goes berserk with channel numbers not matching up to the actual onscreen channel.

I wish I knew what the difference was, and whether or not the HD set box is defective, or at least, more so than the other box. I haven't tried switching them, since it's such a pain to get behind my component setup--