Saorview & Freesat & PVR

corglass

Folks,

I was just about to click "Buy it now" on this, but thought I'd check with you clever guy and gals first.

Is it a quality device?

Will the PVR work with an external spinning portable hard drive?


Thanks

Corglass

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SPEC: (EUR 159.99 & 13.99 p&P)
Saorview + Satellite Combo Kit

This DIY kit has everything you need to receive free to air Satellite and Terrestrial(Saorview/RTE) channels all in one.

Kit includes:

Ferguson Ariva 120 CRCI HD PVR COMBO+
60cm Satellite Dish with Quad LNB
Wall mount
4 Fixing bolts and plugs
20m Coaxial cable with 2 f connectors
UHF aerial

FREE:

1.5M HDMI Cable
F to TV adapter


Receiver Specifications:

• HD Combo Reciver for optional receiving of 2 varieties - DVB-S/T, DVB-S/C or DVB-T/C
• USB 2.0 for Personal-Video-Recording (PVR), MP3 , JPG as well as software update
• 2 x Common Interface
• 2 x Conax cardreader
• HDMI output
• High quality VFD Display
• YUV component output
• RCA port (Video, Audio, L&R)
• 2 x Scart TV & VCR
• RJ45 Ethernet port
• Digital Audio output (coaxial & optical)
• DOLBY DIGITAL+
• RS 232 interface for software and channel list update
• Standby < 1 Watt power consumption
• Video resolution 1080i, 720p, 576p, 480p, 576i, 480i

GerardKeating

corglass wrote: »

Folks,

I was just about to click "Buy it now" on this, but thought I'd check with you clever guy and gals first.

Is it a quality device?

Will the PVR work with an external spinning portable hard drive?


Thanks

Corglass

---

SPEC: (EUR 159.99 & 13.99 p&P)
Saorview + Satellite Combo Kit

This DIY kit has everything you need to receive free to air Satellite and Terrestrial(Saorview/RTE) channels all in one.

Kit includes:

Ferguson Ariva 120 CRCI HD PVR COMBO+
60cm Satellite Dish with Quad LNB
Wall mount
4 Fixing bolts and plugs
20m Coaxial cable with 2 f connectors
UHF aerial

FREE:

1.5M HDMI Cable
F to TV adapter


Receiver Specifications:

• HD Combo Reciver for optional receiving of 2 varieties - DVB-S/T, DVB-S/C or DVB-T/C
• USB 2.0 for Personal-Video-Recording (PVR), MP3 , JPG as well as software update
• 2 x Common Interface
• 2 x Conax cardreader
• HDMI output
• High quality VFD Display
• YUV component output
• RCA port (Video, Audio, L&R)
• 2 x Scart TV & VCR
• RJ45 Ethernet port
• Digital Audio output (coaxial & optical)
• DOLBY DIGITAL+
• RS 232 interface for software and channel list update
• Standby < 1 Watt power consumption
• Video resolution 1080i, 720p, 576p, 480p, 576i, 480i

That box is NOT FreeSat, just a FTA box, so no 7 day program guide for Sat, just now/next.

STB

Yes it will work. There is no combined Freesat and Saorview approved box.

It will pick up the Saorview channels and the FTA Satellite British Channels. You wont just get the 7 day information on the satellite side, just now and next. But it will work including HD Channels and all in one channel list.

The box pictured is a Golden Media Unibox, but the box is a Ferguson Ariva 120 according to the listing. It will do the same, but you might point that out to the seller!

corglass

STB wrote: »

Yes it will work. There is no combined Freesat and Saorview approved box.

It will pick up the Saorview channels and the FTA Satellite British Channels. You wont just get the 7 day information on the satellite side, just now and next. But it will work including HD Channels and all in one channel list.

The box pictured is a Golden Media Unibox, but the box is a Ferguson Ariva 120 according to the listing. It will do the same, but you might point that out to the seller!

Thanks STB. I actually went through another thread while I was waiting.
It seems like Ferguson Ariva 250 Combo from satsklep.pl is the best option at 89.58 euro landed here in Ireland. Newer machine, newer hadware and firmware.

I'm not sure if it has the 7 day listings?

STB

corglass wrote: »

I'm not sure if it has the 7 day listings?

No combo box does officially. 7 day on Saorview and next on Satellite. There are wifi dongles available that will allow for youtube connectivity if you cant hardwire into your router. There is a thread in the terrestrial forum on them. There is also a PC channel editor available on the ferguson website.

The one you linked to had the Satellite Dish and UHF aerial kit with it. You have these already ?

corglass

STB wrote: »

No combo box does officially. 7 day on Saorview and next on Satellite. There are wifi dongles available that will allow for youtube connectivity if you cant hardwire into your router. There is a thread in the terrestrial forum on them. There is also a PC channel editor available on the ferguson website.

The one you linked to had the Satellite Dish and UHF aerial kit with it. You have these already ?

Yea, I've the sat from an old Sky connection. I also have a coax cable to the attic, so I'll just need the Digital antenna.

If I run a CAT5 to the Ariva 250, will I get 7 day listings? I want to avoid wifi if possible.