I reported earlier this morning that my leased STB was dead and it was. Now I returned this evening and the OTA tuner is working again. I have not disconnected the LNB or any other connections. I guess I'll continue with my second receiver boxed up until we can find out more.
VOOM gone OTA here
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unplugged the 2 sat feeds yesterday (Sat) afternoon, and I'm still getting all my OTA channels today--almost. For some reason, channel 15 (local ABC) is not coming in, but I can live with that... 
Mine boxes are/were leased, and I'm using the standard antenna (don't know the model, or even if it's powered).
Mine boxes are/were leased, and I'm using the standard antenna (don't know the model, or even if it's powered).
All OTAs working fine on VoOM STB as of 9:30 this Sunday evening. I pulled the sat feed on all the receivers before "the end". Pulled phone lines too.
Called E* at 12:05Am and signed up for VoOM HD from them. $100 for the extra dish (they will be putting in two here as I am a new customer), but Top 180 for $20 for the first 3 months, 3 months of their HD channels Free, 2 HD STBs and one 510 SD DVR all in the deal for the cost of the second dish. Sold. They will be installing within 5 days.
Called E* at 12:05Am and signed up for VoOM HD from them. $100 for the extra dish (they will be putting in two here as I am a new customer), but Top 180 for $20 for the first 3 months, 3 months of their HD channels Free, 2 HD STBs and one 510 SD DVR all in the deal for the cost of the second dish. Sold. They will be installing within 5 days.
Read through the threads. Some are not paying the...
$100 for the extra dish.
Still enjoying OTA FM (but OTA HD later) under cloudy Seattle skies, Gill
johnalan said:
$100 for the extra dish.
Still enjoying OTA FM (but OTA HD later) under cloudy Seattle skies, Gill
OTA's OK in Miami
I have 3 leased stb's. One has been disconnected for three weeks.
The other two are receiving ota's perfectly fine.
I haven't disconnected any cables from the multiswitch or diplexers.
we have the "Miami Special" which is a non-powered ChannelMaster (not sure of the model #) that looks like the old-school off-air antennas you see at Radio Shack. It's connected to a variable 25-35db amplifier before the multi-switch.
I guess it's wait and see for now.
I have 3 leased stb's. One has been disconnected for three weeks.
The other two are receiving ota's perfectly fine.
I haven't disconnected any cables from the multiswitch or diplexers.
we have the "Miami Special" which is a non-powered ChannelMaster (not sure of the model #) that looks like the old-school off-air antennas you see at Radio Shack. It's connected to a variable 25-35db amplifier before the multi-switch.
I guess it's wait and see for now.
Getting OTA only in Southern California. I disconnected my satellite cable to avoid any "Kill" signal; also my phone line to the STB.
Still have OTA on my 2 boxes.
Never disconnected the coax lines to sat.
Didn't have the phone lines connected since they caused lockups.
Never disconnected the coax lines to sat.
Didn't have the phone lines connected since they caused lockups.
Still have OTA on two boxes, I've been disconnected since Saturday morning, reconnected today at 8am ... I need my OTA, regardless of cable/E*/D* I go with, I am leaning towards E* because they have VOOM 21, just waiting on D*'s big announcements coming (which maybe more HD channels but probably more HD LiLs).
Whoever I got with I still want my OTA to work. Voom was the best DBS, I blame James solely for not allowing the company more time, had they caught on a bit more they would have been much bigger.
Whoever I got with I still want my OTA to work. Voom was the best DBS, I blame James solely for not allowing the company more time, had they caught on a bit more they would have been much bigger.
Long Island New York
OTA up and working. Only change made was I hooked up my normal rooftop UHF/VHF antenna instead of the OTA antenna supplied by the installer which was installed on a much lower and hidden area of my house. Most reception is better including receiving more channels but some receiving more chop. Viewable though. I assume that the OTA antenna was not powered as there is only a coax cable coming from it. My VOOM installation was never hooked into the phone line and I never powered down the box.
OTA up and working. Only change made was I hooked up my normal rooftop UHF/VHF antenna instead of the OTA antenna supplied by the installer which was installed on a much lower and hidden area of my house. Most reception is better including receiving more channels but some receiving more chop. Viewable though. I assume that the OTA antenna was not powered as there is only a coax cable coming from it. My VOOM installation was never hooked into the phone line and I never powered down the box.
OTA Gone! HELP
I may have screwed up. After VOOM satellite went dead I did a Factory Reset because one of the NYC channels was not mapped correctly and I needed to access the installation wizard which no longer worked. I knew about the need to get the box "hit" after the reset but thought I would still be able to use the box for local channels OTA. I have now realized that the box goes completely dead!
I then connected the OTA cable directly to a D* HD receiver but all OTA channels show "No Signal". Is it possible that without an activated VOOM box that the OTA signal from th OTA antenna is somehow blocked? It doesn't work even when I connect the OTA antenna wire directly, bypassing the the dual satellite/off air combiner attached to the house. Is it the lack of power source as suggested in Sean's post yesterday?
Any help would be appreciated.
Martin21
I may have screwed up. After VOOM satellite went dead I did a Factory Reset because one of the NYC channels was not mapped correctly and I needed to access the installation wizard which no longer worked. I knew about the need to get the box "hit" after the reset but thought I would still be able to use the box for local channels OTA. I have now realized that the box goes completely dead!
I then connected the OTA cable directly to a D* HD receiver but all OTA channels show "No Signal". Is it possible that without an activated VOOM box that the OTA signal from th OTA antenna is somehow blocked? It doesn't work even when I connect the OTA antenna wire directly, bypassing the the dual satellite/off air combiner attached to the house. Is it the lack of power source as suggested in Sean's post yesterday?
Any help would be appreciated.
Martin21
I talked to Winegard tech support guy who knew exactly why Voom box works and 811 doesn't. Voom box is better at dealing with multipathing issues than 811 and other OTA receivers. I have WineGard 2200 powered antenna and no amount of additional power or amps will help if a reciever can't deal with mupltipating issues.
So those of us in urban areas either need better antenna that can handle multipating problem or hope Voom box will continue to provide OTA.
Also, somebody reported long time ago that 811 49% bug which I get is related to multipathing problem.
Thanks
So those of us in urban areas either need better antenna that can handle multipating problem or hope Voom box will continue to provide OTA.
Also, somebody reported long time ago that 811 49% bug which I get is related to multipathing problem.
Thanks
2 leased Miami VOOM Boxes still worked for OTA on Sunday afternoon before I reconnect my E* feeds.
one box was unplaged on Friday night. The other I Watched till 2:30AM sunday Morning. Then I disconected it from the wall. Later on Sunday morning a I had to do a soft boot. when I reconnected it.
The other worked fine when reconnected to the Wall. (Using it for the Spare Bedroom sinceI have no Sat signal. in there.
one box was unplaged on Friday night. The other I Watched till 2:30AM sunday Morning. Then I disconected it from the wall. Later on Sunday morning a I had to do a soft boot. when I reconnected it.
The other worked fine when reconnected to the Wall. (Using it for the Spare Bedroom sinceI have no Sat signal. in there.
Dishguy,
From the research I have done you need a PS-9370. This is if you have a Winegard Sensar II. I just ordered one from this site. Good luck. http://shop.willyselectronics.com/browse.cfm/4,1018.html
Ryan
From the research I have done you need a PS-9370. This is if you have a Winegard Sensar II. I just ordered one from this site. Good luck. http://shop.willyselectronics.com/browse.cfm/4,1018.html
Ryan
dishguy said:
That is what I have long suspected. I live in an urban area and used to have various OTA reception problems with my old Hughes D* box. The Voom box is significantly better at pulling in reliable OTA reception for me.
For what its worth, OTA on my Voom box is still working fine. I am a renter, not a buyer, and have not disconnected the phone line or the sat cable. I use a big old non-amplified channel master, not the stealth antenna supplied by Voom.
H E L P my OTA channels are not working !!!!!!!!! Only Channel 4 WWLTV- D Works and the rest of the channels can not be tuned in. The box in the bed room was disconnected when i got CRAPPY Twc cable.... I even did the OTA channel scan.. Do I need to hook the other box back or what.. Any kind help with this would be helpful.TWC on has two HD local channels..
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