Voom antenna with Dish reciever?
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I'm using the old VOOM dish right now with my 811 HD Dish receiver. Before the recent changes in the HD pack I bought an 811 off someone on ebay and then connected a 110 lnb off of an old Directv dish....and the 61.5 from the VOOm dish. I connected it to a SW-21 switch and then to a combiner which combines my OTA ant and the two dishes. But, you can't combine a dishpro lnb with a legacy lnb (I think).wgolab said:
But to answer your question....yes you can use a VOOM dish to get a sig from 61.5 or whatever sat you want to point it to. But I'm not sure what kind of packages they now offer for your local HD ch's. Also, you have to check if they are Mpeg 4 .....alot of the locals in HD that they are adding are Mpeg4 so you would need to upgrade your receiver.
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wgolab said:
I assume you mean the OTA antenna that Voom supplied. Works fine, that's what I'm using. The only thing you'll need to get is a power injector as this antenna requires a power supply. Readily available (about $20) at Fry's.
Yes, the OTA antenna supplied by VOOM will work fine with Dish Network receiver. You just need to make sure that the voltage is supplied by the receiver (or by a standalone power inserter): VOOM usually provided antennas with built-in amplifiers.
moviemax said:
The Weingard specific model is PS-9370 although you can use anybody's unit that outputs the right voltage. Here are two links for this model:
http://www.summitsource.com/winegard-ps9370-18-volt-chromstar-110-vac-power-injector-inline-outdoor-power-supply-for-all-offair-tv-antenna-aerial-signal-preamplifiers-part-ps9370-p-4667.html
or
http://shop.willyselectronics.com/browse.cfm/4,1018.htm
Dishplace.com also sells the unit but at more than twice the going price.
moviemax said:
It's simple. The injector has 2 connectors. One should be labeled power, power supply, antenna, or something like that. The one that is labeled for power gets connected to the cable run that connects directly to your antenna. The other connector gets connected to the "antenna in" port on the dish receiver. Make sure you don't connect them up backwards.
That's it. Power flows one way to power the antenna and the signals flow back to the receiver.
jekyll said:
I can look at the model number when I get home. I found it right with the OTA antennas at my local Fry's. Its 110/120v in and 18v DC out.
