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Ferguson Ariva 120 Users Thread
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The 5v is to provide power to an aerial not already powered independently like one of these for example which I use.
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for satellite. Most Recievers have a setting to add .5v to the lnb supply. So you can compensate for voltage loss on long cable runs. Thus providing the lnb with 13.5 or 18.5 voltsSTB wrote:The 5v is to provide power to an aerial not already powered independently like one of these for example which I use.
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Johnboy1951 wrote: »
I didnt know what he was talking about either.
What I assumed he was talking about was the 5v option that you can turn on in these boxes, ie phantom power for something like the aerial I linked to above! Its not 0.5v - its 5v and nothing to do with LNBs. Purely power to aerial on aerial input.
I have not seen the 0.5v for long cable runs on any recent receivers that I have owned, both cheap and expensive. But I understand Golden Media Unibox does have this facility if voltage loss over distance is an issue on the satellite side.0 -
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Hello...Thanks Johnboy......
great to have ya help....... but can i ask what sort of time frame are we thinking of to give the Ariva 120 time to find an ip address....is it in minutes..or even 5 mins...or more ..especially the first setting of this...??
(Just as a loose tool for me to giude it next time i try for it...)
And can i ask.....you say at boot up..it should display on the screen that it has found an IP address...i take it that is after the initial set up..and going forward... meaning each time i turn on this box it should put up a message on the tv that an IP address was found...??
i just want to get it clear in my head..so as to try these things before returning it to supplier...
and one last thing...is it a problem that each time i plug and un plug ethernet cable from the LAN port on the back of the Ariva 120..the lights that come on when this cable is plugged in dont always come on...say if plugged in 10 times..the lights might only turn on once or twice during those 10 plug ins ....should every plug in of the ethernet cable turn on the lights.....???? ( so wondering if prob with the LAN port on box...?)
but maybe im wrong...hope for ya thouhgts.....and hope not to bother you... Regards Billyie
OK, I tried the following this morning ........
Disconnected the STB from the router
Went into the STB menu to Tools - "Network Local Setting"
There I turned DHCP to "OFF", and also entered Zeros in all the IP entries underneath. The only entry I did not change was the MAC Address.
I exited the Menu.
I powered off the STB with the remote.
I powered it ON again, with the remote.
Once powered up, I connected the ethernet cable, went back into the menu as before, and changed DHCP to "ON".
Within 30 secs or so I got two messages flashed on screen (didn't see the first), the second of which said it had found an IP address or something to that effect.
The menu then automatically left the set up screen and dropped me back to the Tools menu page.
On re-entering the "Network Local Setting" page, I saw all the IP entries (except "DNS Secondary" which has all zeros) were now populated, and greyed out.
From the "Information" page I see that I have 'Main Code' of
V2.15B5
Make sure your router is set up to issue IP addresses automatically, and has no limits that might affect this.
Previous versions of the Main Code may be a little different in reaction to the setup, but should essentially do the same thing.
I recall having some difficulties setting up the ethernet connection, when I got the STB first - that was most likely my own doing
If the above does not work, then DHCP can be set to "OFF" and the IPs entered manually.
I hope some of the above helps
EDIT:
A thought occurred to me ....... the internet radio cannot work unless there is some storage device attached to the STB to hold the downloaded information about the stations. The Media Player will be greyed out if no storage device is attached.
Would this be your problem?
You can check if the IP address has been issued to the STB by entering the router set up and checking if the STB is listed there.0 -
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I am happy that it worked for you Glad I could help.a)The ip address took approx 2mins to load..is that normal.or ok...???
It is OK .... no worries at all. As I mentioned in my original response, I remember a similar delay.
I am guessing ... probably to do with the communications between the STB and the router.
Probably the same procedure is used for all versions of the firmware. I wouldn't remember such details, in truth.
Have fun with the radio
I haven't used it for a while ..... but be careful if you create a personal listing, that you don't overwrite it by grabbing the listings from the net again.
I recall such things happening to me
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