Ferguson Ariva 120 Combo

Lex Luthor

I'm looking at getting one of these and i just have a few questions about them.

Can it record from satellite and terrestrial at same time?

It mentions in the details that it has a card reader that will allow you to watch any pay tv. Does this mean it will accept a paid sky subscription card?

Kristopherus

Did you read the thread on it? It will record a digital bterrestial channel & at present you can watch any other DTT channel or a Sat channel. You can record a sat ch, but you can only watch a DTT ch or any other sat ch from the same transponder As there is only one cable coming in for Sat , you cannot do as you would with $ky+. It can read a $ky card and youy can get software that will allow you to insert any card;)

Lex Luthor

Could you post a link to that thread as i didn't see one, thanks

bmaxi

Lex Luthor wrote: »

Could you post a link to that thread as i didn't see one, thanks

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056284276

Lex Luthor

Kristopherus wrote: »

It can read a $ky card and youy can get software that will allow you to insert any card;)

So if i have a paid subscription sky card with sky sports on it and put it in the ariva will i get sky sports aswell on it?

IrishHomer

Yes

In the old days

IrishHomer wrote: »

Yes

Have you actually tried this, sounds too good to be true:)!! Does it keep the card updated??

james1966

hi all
i got my ferguson ariva 120 from tony on monday last
fantastic service from him very helpful guy i would strongly recommend any one buying the ariva 120 to buy from tony
as to the box it self
wonderful receiver fantastic picture and sound
tony had the firmware updated and the chanel list installed
again thanks tony for an easy transaction
all the best james1966

Anthonyk2010

I installed my ferguson combo box today with no problems.
I'm  just curious about a single percentage bar which Is located on the menu bar underneath the program listing. Its not the double signal percentage bars at the side but the single one. What is this for?

Great box easy to set up.

bennyineire

Anthonyk2010 wrote: »

I installed my ferguson combo box today with no problems.
I'm just curious about a single percentage bar which Is located on the menu bar underneath the program listing. Its not the double signal percentage bars at the side but the single one. What is this for?

Great box easy to set up.

It stats what % of the programme you have watched

blueser

Excuse my ignorance here, but anyway; in at the deep end. I've just got one of these units and am very impressed with it. What i need to know is how do I go about viewing Sky Sports through the box? I am a current subscriber. After you've inserted your card, do you need to do any updating to the box (firmware etc)? Also, whereabouts on the EPG are your subscription channels (Sky Sports in my case)? Many thanks.

danjo-xx

Anthonyk2010 wrote: »

I installed my ferguson combo box today with no problems.
I'm just curious about a single percentage bar which Is located on the menu bar underneath the program listing. Its not the double signal percentage bars at the side but the single one. What is this for?

Great box easy to set up.

how much of the current programme has passed and is left.

John mac

blueser wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance here, but anyway; in at the deep end. I've just got one of these units and am very impressed with it. What i need to know is how do I go about viewing Sky Sports through the box? I am a current subscriber. After you've inserted your card, do you need to do any updating to the box (firmware etc)? Also, whereabouts on the EPG are your subscription channels (Sky Sports in my case)? Many thanks.

have you scanned for them? or have you just used the list that is on it .
you can add them if they are not on it..

blueser

John mac wrote: »

have you scanned for them? or have you just used the list that is on it .
you can add them if they are not on it..

Didn't realise you had to scan for them. I just thought they would appear on the EPG when the card was inserted. Will do that now. Thanks.


Tried a complete scan of the unit, but I still can't get Sky Sports up on it. Any ideas out there? Pretty please, with sugar on top!

An.Duine.Eile

Make sure you have not select FTA only for the search

John mac

http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/skyuk.html

sky sports:- 11739 V

tp 2
DVB-S2
QPSK
SR 29500
FEC 3/4

all the others are there too.

fisherking

Can you get round the encoding??

John mac wrote: »

http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/skyuk.html

sky sports:- 11739 V

tp 2
DVB-S2
QPSK
SR 29500
FEC 3/4

all the others are there too.

John mac

nope.
You need a valid sky sub card.

blueser

An.Duine.Eile wrote: »

Make sure you have not select FTA only for the search

We have a winner. Only thought of it this morning. Cleared all the channels and re-scanned for all channels before I left for work. Checked this evening and most of them are there now. Not SS2 HD or SS4 HD though. Will do a scan for those individual channels though. Thanks for all the replies gents (and ladies?).

ALO34

Just wondering has anyone tried the white sky freeview card in the box.I presume that it will work,after reading the previous posts.

Anthonyk2010

ALO34 wrote: »

Just wondering has anyone tried the white sky freeview card in the box.I presume that it will work,after reading the previous posts.

Where do you get these cards?

Kristopherus

ALO34 wrote: »

Just wondering has anyone tried the white sky freeview card in the box.I presume that it will work,after reading the previous posts.

Yes I have the white Freesat from Sky card in the box. Fat lot of channel you will get with it though:rolleyes: . How about this lot? Sony TV, 5*, 5 USA and other 5s, Pick TV & +1.Not exactly awe-inspiring, but then each to their own.

Note you can only have this card delivered to a UK address. So get working on family/cousins, if getting this card is a must. Costs £25.00.

hibble

Just wondering if anyone can tell me what the latest upgrade has accomplished over version 2.15B8 so I can decide whether to flash the box or not?

Kristopherus

AFAIK, this latest upgrade was to iron out bugs on the ethernet radio side. My advice would be if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Tony

I've made up a basic free to air channel list embedded in the latest firmware which can be got here http://www.mediafire.com/file/frz54tnv1fjabra/SAT.IE120Combo_2.15B8_20110410.abs

Please use with caution as you can damage your box if you do not follow the upgrade instructions carefully.

Please let me know if you think any FTA channels are missing or you might like to do a bit of editing to make your own list.

ronanb78

I have a Ferguson Arivia 120 HD Combo.
From reading the other posts, it looks as though it doesnt play .avi files (video codec not supported) as well as .mkv files, which is very disappointing. It is however playing my mp4 video files but some of those have the subtitles on as default and I cannot turn them off. Tried the yellow subtitle button on the remote, nothing. Tried the subtitle settings in system setup, OSD, and its already configured as off.

Anyone know how can i turn off the subtitles?

Johnboy1951

ronanb78 wrote: »

I have a Ferguson Arivia 120 HD Combo.
From reading the other posts, it looks as though it doesnt play .avi files (video codec not supported) as well as .mkv files, which is very disappointing. It is however playing my mp4 video files but some of those have the subtitles on as default and I cannot turn them off. Tried the yellow subtitle button on the remote, nothing. Tried the subtitle settings in system setup, OSD, and its already configured as off.

Anyone know how can i turn off the subtitles?

It is not the .avi format that is the problem ....... it is the codec used on the video.

List of compatible codecs are in the manual.
Use a compatible one and it will play the .avi file.

STB

ronanb78 wrote: »

I have a Ferguson Arivia 120 HD Combo.
From reading the other posts, it looks as though it doesnt play .avi files (video codec not supported) as well as .mkv files, which is very disappointing. It is however playing my mp4 video files but some of those have the subtitles on as default and I cannot turn them off. Tried the yellow subtitle button on the remote, nothing. Tried the subtitle settings in system setup, OSD, and its already configured as off.

Anyone know how can i turn off the subtitles?

You cannot turn them off if they are hard coded.

The 120 boxes do not support Divx/Xvid. They do support AVI.

The 150/250 boxes support Divx/Xvid.

ronanb78

I was told that if i delete the .srt file (hidden file) from the same dir as the video, then the subtitles wont appear. I have to try it out.....

Morris Code

My understanding is that when recording something in TS it should show subtitles on replay if required.Yet when I press Sub.t button on replay nothing happens.Anyone know why its not recording sub titles.?

Johnboy1951

Morris Code wrote: »

My understanding is that when recording something in TS it should show subtitles on replay if required.Yet when I press Sub.t button on replay nothing happens.Anyone know why its not recording sub titles.?

Have you checked the contents of the TS file to see if the sub titles have indeed been recorded?

Morris Code

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Have you checked the contents of the TS file to see if the sub titles have indeed been recorded?

No-don't know how -or indeed why u would.It's states in the manual that the function is available providing it was recorded in TS.So that seems pretty clear-but I have yet to succeed in getting them.

Morris Code

Morris Code wrote: »

My understanding is that when recording something in TS it should show subtitles on replay if required.Yet when I press Sub.t button on replay nothing happens.Anyone know why its not recording sub titles.?

I posted this a while ago but didn't get much response.Last night I discovered something odd.I put on the final episode of a series I recorded and switched on Subtitles before I began replay-and there they were.Yet if I try to turn them on during playback I get the "No Data" message.Odd -but there we are-someone might find that useful.

bryan23

hi i dont mean to but in but i am just wondering if aney one nos how to get the channels that have the doller sighn on them or how do i pay for some of them if aney one nos and could help that would b grate

Kristopherus

bryan23 wrote: »

hi i dont mean to but in but i am just wondering if aney one nos how to get the channels that have the doller sighn on them or how do i pay for some of them if aney one nos and could help that would b grate

What are you posting in 2 threads for?

Gerry Wicklow

bryan23 wrote: »

hi i dont mean to but in but i am just wondering if aney one nos how to get the channels that have the doller sighn on them or how do i pay for some of them if aney one nos and could help that would b grate

You need a sky subscription for those ones

bryan23

i understand that i am wondering if i have a sky subscription in one room can i use this for my ariva 120 box in another room aswell cheers

Kristopherus

bryan23 wrote: »

i understand that i am wondering if i have a sky subscription in one room can i use this for my ariva 120 box in another room aswell cheers

I replied to you in the other thread. Also it might be useful to read the first page of this thread.

Tony

No unfortunately not.

bryan23 wrote: »

i understand that i am wondering if i have a sky subscription in one room can i use this for my ariva 120 box in another room aswell cheers

bennyineire

Hi Tony, I tried to download the latest firmaware and channel list that you put up in this forum but when I go to the link it says that the link is set to private, any chance you could send me the link,
Thanks

Tony

Sorry I'm not sure what link you are referring to as I've not done a channel list for the latest 120 firmware yet. I'm sure one of the other guys can upload a list for you though.

Edit: I see what post you are referring to now but that was posted in 2011

bennyineire wrote: »

Hi Tony, I tried to download the latest firmaware and channel list that you put up in this forum but when I go to the link it says that the link is set to private, any chance you could send me the link,
Thanks

bryan23

Ok thank you verry mutch. Just 1 quick question I am not shure how to use this box properly just wondering wat could I do as half of the channels on the box ar missing is there sumting I am saposed to do cheers

Tony wrote: »

No unfortunately not.

Tony

Can you give an example as to what channels you are missing ?

bryan23 wrote: »

Ok thank you verry mutch. Just 1 quick question I am not shure how to use this box properly just wondering wat could I do as half of the channels on the box ar missing is there sumting I am saposed to do cheers

bryan23

Yes no problem. Bbc3 bnc4 clubland tv cbbc and a few outhers a mixed up aswell I have 3 boxes and its the same on them all

Tony wrote: »

Can you give an example as to what channels you are missing ?

Tony

Well if you are comfortable using a USB key you can get hold of a channel list from one of the other guys here which will do a complete list in order for you . Otherwise you can do a single transponder scan using the info contained here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055520627

bryan23 wrote: »

Yes no problem. Bbc3 bnc4 clubland tv cbbc and a few outhers a mixed up aswell I have 3 boxes and its the same on them all

bryan23

can anyone put up a channel list or an update if ther is one avalible cheers