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Ferguson Ariva 153: Please post questions here

Tony

Kicking off a new thread for this model to avoid confusion. Although its a replacement for the 150 there are quite a few differences in firmware and operation.

Been looking more in depth at the channel list on the 153 model and it now has a "groups" option rather than the old "all channels" "astra 1" etc So even when the list says "all channels" at the top you may still need to select "all" from the drop down list that appears when you hit the yellow "groups" button on the remote.

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Jamerican

A family members 153 box has a password on it, and we can't guess it. It won't allow us to access any part of the menu without it. We've tried all the usual easy ones but no luck. He had it set up way back and never needed to do anything with it, so he never knew there was a password on it. Is there anyway to remove the password or even reset the box completely without accessing the menu? Thanks

Maz2016

Logo wrote: »

My Ariva box hasn't updated with the one hour forward last month. I've tried turning it off and on but its clock is still keeping winter time and didn't make the time change for last month. Any ideas appreciated. Thanks

You’ve to go into menu, system settings and you’ll see the option for date and time you can toggle between winter / summer time. Sorry I’m not in front of the box to give exact instructions but that’s the general gist

Logo

My Ariva box hasn't updated with the one hour forward last month. I've tried turning it off and on but its clock is still keeping winter time and didn't make the time change for last month. Any ideas appreciated. Thanks

ps200306

I have a weird problem with my RCU650 remote control. I love it because it controls my Ariva STB, TV, and HDMI switcher. But many times when it hasn't been used for a few hours, e.g. overnight, it doesn't work no matter what you press. It still flashes a purple transmit light, but won't control anything. It's as if it has "crashed". Sure enough, popping out a battery for five seconds makes it work again. I'm pretty sure the batteries are ok.

spurious

I think I've messed mine up. Re-downloaded the channels yesterday and now have about 20 Channel 4s in a row at the start of my channel list and all the other stations are all over the place.

From reading the thread is there a file I can get that will order them some way sensibly, or even part way and I can use the 'move' key myself?

This week's lesson...leave the bloody thing alone.

IsMiseJoe

Tony wrote: »

No, in that case its either a cable or connector issue most likely . To rule out the box as the issue swap them around.

Tried the box in the other room today and there is no issue.

Must be a cable or signal problem. Any suggestions for someone with limited knowledge of this kind of stuff?

STB.

Tony wrote: »

No, in that case its either a cable or connector issue most likely . To rule out the box as the issue swap them around.

Could be that the signal is borderline too, so much so that the sensitivity of the tuners is coming into play. Especially if he is trying another box at the same location (assuming both boxes are looking at the same dvb-t mux frequencies !!!!)

Tony

IsMiseJoe wrote: »

Would it need to be re-tuned/scanned etc?

No, in that case its either a cable or connector issue most likely . To rule out the box as the issue swap them around.

IsMiseJoe

Tony wrote: »

Most likely a problem with your aerial

Probably should have said in the original post. I've another box running from the aerial (triax) and RTE One is working fine.

Would it need to be re-tuned/scanned etc?

Tony

Most likely a problem with your aerial

IsMiseJoe

Anyone having problems with RTE One & Jr. The picture keeps breaking up and freezing. Started a few weeks ago.

Any suggestions?

cupthehand1

dingbat wrote: »

Hi folks. Wondering what the latest firmware file with full IRL & UK channel list is? Box ran into a problem so I reset it. Lost all channels and it looks like I've a long night ahead unless I get a nice neat upgrade file!

Help would be much appreciated.

Anyone got an updated channel list knocking around?

STB.

Maz2016 wrote: »

I find if you were after moving channels around/creating groups etc, you need to restart the box otherwise channels will freeze the odd time. I never got Youtube working on the ariva

Backup your channel list first to the usb stick first.

You'll need then need to update the firmware for the 153

Unzip to a usb stick. Go to menu and upgrade the software allcodell+bootloader.

Then you can upload the channel list using the same menu but choosing just channel list rather than allcode+bootloader

Maz2016

Logo wrote: »

Really happy with Ariva 153 except for a minor glitch that it freezes sometimes. I'm not sure what's causing it as it's not connected to wifi (at least when I try to connect to Youtube I get "Network is not available" message). Also the record and pause functions don't work with USB. Any ideas appreciated . Thanks

I find if you were after moving channels around/creating groups etc, you need to restart the box otherwise channels will freeze the odd time. I never got Youtube working on the ariva

Tony

Is it freezing on satellite channels, terrestrial channels or both ?

Logo

Really happy with Ariva 153 except for a minor glitch that it freezes sometimes. I'm not sure what's causing it as it's not connected to wifi (at least when I try to connect to Youtube I get "Network is not available" message). Also the record and pause functions don't work with USB. Any ideas appreciated . Thanks

Logo

Thurston? wrote: »

Are you using a set-top aerial? Then all bets are off re. getting a decent signal.

Try to position it in or near a window facing your preferred transmistter. (Frequencies you gave in an earlier post would suggest Spur Hill, Cork?)

Thanks for the helpful info. Thurston? I re-positioned the aerial and was able to re-tune the channels and they're back again. Yipee. Next challenge is to connect wifi and use the record function... that's my day planned:)

Thurston?

Logo wrote: »

Same thing happened to me - can anyone please help. Thanks

Are you using a set-top aerial? Then all bets are off re. getting a decent signal.

Try to position it in or near a window facing your preferred transmistter. (Frequencies you gave in an earlier post would suggest Spur Hill, Cork?)

Logo

chocksaway wrote: »

somehow have lost all our channels.. anyone know of a downloadable channel list?

Same thing happened to me - can anyone please help. Thanks

Jaden

chocksaway wrote: »

somehow have lost all our channels.. anyone know of a downloadable channel list?

Juts happened to me too, and ideas on what to do?

chocksaway

somehow have lost all our channels.. anyone know of a downloadable channel list?

Avns1s

Logo wrote: »

I bought an Ariva 153 combi and spent several hours on YouTube trying to tune Saorview & FTA. I'm surprised that FTA (which I don't pay for) works perfectly while Saorview (for which I've paid over 20+ years) doesn't work properly for RTE. The box seems to be picking up RTE on 698.000MHz/DVB-T and is a bit jumpy - rather than TV3 on 666.00MHz/DVB-T which is great. Apologies but I'm a total newbie to this - what I'm doing wrong? Thanks

Your aerial (picking up the terrestrial channels) needs to be aligned or upgraded, or else the connections on the cabling need checking.

Logo

I bought an Ariva 153 combi and spent several hours on YouTube trying to tune Saorview & FTA. I'm surprised that FTA (which I don't pay for) works perfectly while Saorview (for which I've paid over 20+ years) doesn't work properly for RTE. The box seems to be picking up RTE on 698.000MHz/DVB-T and is a bit jumpy - rather than TV3 on 666.00MHz/DVB-T which is great. Apologies but I'm a total newbie to this - what I'm doing wrong? Thanks

Tony

No, as long as it has a decent transfer speed it will be fine.

SomeDude wrote: »

Thanks. Is there a minimum memory a USB stick should be?

SomeDude

Tony wrote: »

Yes you need to plug in a USB stick or drive.

Thanks. Is there a minimum memory a USB stick should be?

Tony

Yes you need to plug in a USB stick or drive.

SomeDude wrote: »

Hi All, I just got the 153 setup. I’m trying to use the pause function, however only the picture pauses, the sound keeps going. Do I need to add a hard drive or something?

Thanks

SomeDude

Hi All, I just got the 153 setup. I’m trying to use the pause function, however only the picture pauses, the sound keeps going. Do I need to add a hard drive or something?

Thanks

Tony

The 153 has no extra functionality unless you want to explore IPTV . The ariva 4k has lots of extras but I'd suggest starting another thread or reply to one of the existing ariva 4k threads to discuss that further.

dingbat

dingbat wrote: »

Hi folks. Wondering what the latest firmware file with full IRL & UK channel list is? Box ran into a problem so I reset it. Lost all channels and it looks like I've a long night ahead unless I get a nice neat upgrade file!

Help would be much appreciated.

Sorted.

dingbat

Hi folks. Wondering what the latest firmware file with full IRL & UK channel list is? Box ran into a problem so I reset it. Lost all channels and it looks like I've a long night ahead unless I get a nice neat upgrade file!

Help would be much appreciated.