Ferguson Ariva 120 Users Thread

danjo-xx · 19-05-2012 07:04PM

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

Sounds like a power issue to me. I have an external USB drive that my laptop "sees" once the USB is plugged in but cannot access until I plug in the second USB power booster. However the same drive works perfectly on one USB with my desktop. The drive came with a double USB cable and also has the option of an external mains supply.

But my drive HAS it's own mains power supply!

dodzy · 19-05-2012 11:44PM

USB ports on the ariva are not exactly top quality. I moved mine to the rear of the unit. Never worked right beforehand..chased a replacement USB port/harness but no luck*

*Tony ???????

gnolan · 20-05-2012 12:53PM

Hi,

I bought one of these in February and am getting "ASH" on the display. I haven't tired to update the firmware at any stage - it just happened this morning. Any ideas?

zg3409 · 20-05-2012 02:42PM

gnolan wrote: »

Hi,

I bought one of these in February and am getting "ASH" on the display. I haven't tired to update the firmware at any stage - it just happened this morning. Any ideas?

As already mentioned on this thread this is a known fault and you need to return it for replacement to your supplier.

danjo-xx · 20-05-2012 07:43PM

dodzy wrote: »

USB ports on the ariva are not exactly top quality. I moved mine to the rear of the unit. Never worked right beforehand..chased a replacement USB port/harness but no luck*

*Tony ???????

but in my case it works perfectly with another hard drive, but not with the hard drive that works perfectly on my older ariva in the other room.

Tipsy McSwagger · 23-05-2012 09:45AM

Was watching tv and the sound went so turned the box off. Now getting ASH on the display, gutted.

Strawberry HillBilly · 23-05-2012 09:49PM

Using the Ariva 120 on 13e, I am trying to pick up SuperTennis HD on 11096.00MHz, pol.H SR:29900 but no joy ? Anybody had success on this transponder ?

Gerry Wicklow · 23-05-2012 11:15PM

Strawberry HillBilly wrote: »

Using the Ariva 120 on 13e, I am trying to pick up SuperTennis HD on 11096.00MHz, pol.H SR:29900 but no joy ? Anybody had success on this transponder ?

Working fine in Wickla on a HTPC

Strawberry HillBilly · 24-05-2012 09:04PM

I am not up to speed with HTPC - relevance to query ? (Or do I take it smiley is ironic ?)

Gerry Wicklow · 24-05-2012 10:11PM

Just to say that the settings are correct.

Strawberry HillBilly · 24-05-2012 10:17PM

Cheers thanks for that - 75% quality on signal on 13e, so dont think its alignment issue ?

My name is URL · 27-05-2012 07:09PM

Has anyone else had issues with the box restarting? Just started to happen for me today. Whenever I try to switch between channel lists it resets

edit// nvm.. it seems to have sorted itself out!

mightybashful · 29-05-2012 01:25PM

Using an Aljazeera card on Hotbird, will the 120 give ya an EPG?

polaris68 · 03-06-2012 09:24PM

My Ariva 120 developed a problem today.

To cut a long story short, both picture and sound can no longer be delivered to the TV via a HDMI cable. A SCART cable works fine so the receiver itself is processing the saorview/satellite signals. I've checked the HDMI cable on other devices and have also checked that the HDMI input ports on the TV are working fine.

So I'm pretty certain the problem is with the Ariva HDMI output port. Has anyone encountered this before? - is there a setting in the menu that I've missed?

dodzy · 04-06-2012 08:23AM

polaris68 wrote: »

My Ariva 120 developed a problem today.

To cut a long story short, both picture and sound can no longer be delivered to the TV via a HDMI cable. A SCART cable works fine so the receiver itself is processing the saorview/satellite signals. I've checked the HDMI cable on other devices and have also checked that the HDMI input ports on the TV are working fine.

So I'm pretty certain the problem is with the Ariva HDMI output port. Has anyone encountered this before? - is there a setting in the menu that I've missed?

So one minute it's fine, the next it's nt. assuming you have not adjusted anything,settings or otherwise, and you have confirmed that cable and tv ports are fine, then if it's not working after a reboot / reset, reinstall of FW, I'd hope the warranty has not expired:o

Tonio · 04-06-2012 10:31AM

mightybashful wrote: »

Using an Aljazeera card on Hotbird, will the 120 give ya an EPG?

No EPG for Al Jazeera on Hotbird. I think this is down to the broadcaster rather than being box specific. For instance there is EPG info for Cyfra+ and many of the FTA german channels (on 19E)

polaris68 · 04-06-2012 10:42AM

dodzy wrote: »

polaris68 wrote: »

My Ariva 120 developed a problem today.

To cut a long story short, both picture and sound can no longer be delivered to the TV via a HDMI cable. A SCART cable works fine so the receiver itself is processing the saorview/satellite signals. I've checked the HDMI cable on other devices and have also checked that the HDMI input ports on the TV are working fine.

So I'm pretty certain the problem is with the Ariva HDMI output port. Has anyone encountered this before? - is there a setting in the menu that I've missed?

So one minute it's fine, the next it's nt. assuming you have not adjusted anything,settings or otherwise, and you have confirmed that cable and tv ports are fine, then if it's not working after a reboot / reset, reinstall of FW, I'd hope the warranty has not expired:o

I'll try reinstalling firmware. Thanks.

O'Prez · 04-06-2012 10:28PM

Lads I did a complete channel reinstall on this box but noticed Channel 4 HD was missing. What satellites do I select in the satellite list to receive all the available channels?

Kristopherus · 04-06-2012 11:05PM

O'Prez wrote: »

Lads I did a complete channel reinstall on this box but noticed Channel 4 HD was missing. What satellites do I select in the satellite list to receive all the available channels?

I'm getting it on Astra 1N, 3373mhz, V, 21997Ks/s or 22000Ks/s.

Gerry Wicklow · 04-06-2012 11:58PM

O'Prez wrote: »

Lads I did a complete channel reinstall on this box but noticed Channel 4 HD was missing. What satellites do I select in the satellite list to receive all the available channels?

Channel 4HD is on Astra 1N at 11127 V 22000
A full list of FTA channels is available at
http://en.kingofsat.net/freqs.php?&pos=28.2E&standard=All&ordre=freq&filtre=Clear

O'Prez · 05-06-2012 01:36PM

Thanx lads

yew_tree · 12-06-2012 08:29PM

Sorry if this has already been answered but here goes.

Have a sky dish - currently connected to a tv in sitting room with sky plus box. When the guy installed this a few months ago from sky, I got him to keep the original sky cable (old sky box) connected to the new dish and I ran the wire to the kitchen.

I then bought the ferguson ariva 120 box and I have to say is very complicated to work. I cannot get my head around what combination of satellite and freq I need to tune in channels.....any help please?

Signal wont budge above 10%

Compton · 12-06-2012 08:40PM

So the feed to the kitchen is from the same LNB as the one to the sky+ box?

If you it seems like a cable issue if you are getting low signal.

yew_tree · 12-06-2012 08:43PM

Compton wrote: »

So the feed to the kitchen is from the same LNB as the one to the sky+ box?

If you it seems like a cable issue if you are getting low signal.

Not sure, I assume so - its coming off the one sky dish - whatever why the sky engineer left it - I had told him I wanted the extra cable for a freesat box in the kitchen

Sam Russell · 12-06-2012 09:47PM

Try the Sky box in the kitchen and see if it works. If it does, it is not the cable. If it does not, then try the Ariva in the other room.

Either way, you will isolate the problem and then know who to call.

dodzy · 12-06-2012 10:02PM

yew_tree wrote: »

Sorry if this has already been answered but here goes.

Have a sky dish - currently connected to a tv in sitting room with sky plus box. When the guy installed this a few months ago from sky, I got him to keep the original sky cable (old sky box) connected to the new dish and I ran the wire to the kitchen.

I then bought the ferguson ariva 120 box and I have to say is very complicated to work. I cannot get my head around what combination of satellite and freq I need to tune in channels.....any help please?

Signal wont budge above 10%

Right, first up, im a bit confused. You say you had old sky box. Now you have a new one. Did you get a new dish installed from sky? New quad LNB ?

Secondly, has the ariva ever worked ( have you ever used it before - scanned for channels) ?

Just trying to clarify as your details are a bit sketchy , then we can move on with helping you

Johnboy1951 · 12-06-2012 11:04PM

Are you sure the cable going to the kitchen is actually connected to the LNB on the dish?

zg3409 · 13-06-2012 09:58AM

Sam's advice is good. Bring the Sky box to the Kitchen to confirm if it is the cable or the box.

Yes 120s are not as easy to use as Sky boxes. To get Saorview channels on them you need an aerial. To get satellite channels you need a dish. Do you have an aerial to go with your dish?

Also the best way of setting up the channels is to download a channel list. Have you downloaded a channel list?

seligehgit · 13-06-2012 07:59PM

Is it possible to alter the settings to record ts/ps files for longer than 2 hours?

Kristopherus · 13-06-2012 11:12PM

seligehgit wrote: »

Is it possible to alter the settings to record ts/ps files for longer than 2 hours?

Yes. Go to Menu/PVR/DVR Configuration. Scroll down to Duration. You can change the length of time there. Note you cannot change the size of the TS file greater than 4gb. That might limit your recording time.

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