Ferguson Ariva 150

dodzy wrote: »

This poxy 3606 Ariva Channel Editor is an absolute PITA. Crash after crash. Pure torture. A job that should have taken 1hr.......

I've starting to swear at the laptop now. We all know where this leads :mad:

EDIT: Done. Favs as follows:

1. General TV including HD variants (31)
2. Movies (12)
3. BBC Olympics including HD (24)
4. News (11)
5. Kids (8)
6. Music (9)

Not an exhaustive list by any means but the full list of channels is there to mess around with on the editor to add or remove channels for your needs.

N.B: Don't delete any channels from the MAIN list or you'll lose them from your FAVS. I had terrible trouble with the editor crashing periodically but overcame that earlier.



Link here

Just remember. Only for the 250 on the V1.18B6 FW

Cheers dodzy! Cheers for going through the hassle. Il have a go tonight at flashing it to the box at home. You have more patience than I have

perhaps try a power mid xl or similar

wingnut wrote: »

Anyone know of anyway to get the remote for the 150 working form a different room? Is it possible to get an infra-red injector - do those things even work.

I don't want to use a remote AV sender as it interferes with the WiFi.

Thanks for the info - the tri-link looks good. The PowerMid is a non runner as its RF and will interfere with WiFi.

At the moment I am running the scart to an old VCR which is pumping the signal to the TVs around the house. At the moment its giving separate terrestrial and whatever channel the Ariva is on. Obviously come the switch off it will be down to one channel.

Pity you can't stream or even control the unit over the network.

I'll probably just end up running another cable and getting another box in the end!

Not sure if I posted this before but heres a channel list for the 150 http://www.mediafire.com/?dbszpixsudrg41d

Is there a power shut down on these boxes that automatically put the box in standby if remote control is not used for a certain amount of time? Having a problem with a box shutting itself down after about 4 hours.

Dylbag wrote: »

I noticed a few posts back that only an upgrade from ferguson would take you p*** of the list... Can anyone advise if this has happened yet? Would be keen on this box if they have

ferguson take the view that its a pan european box and they will not remove it from the firmware for our relatively small market .

Ok but I think you can turn off the cec option in the ferguson menu which might be a workaround for the phillips issue

snaps wrote: »

Possibly, seems its the box that goes into standby after a warning comes up of non activity, service will shut off in a minute and it does.

Just googled it with using a phillips TV, it seems its a bug in the phillips TV using an HDMI connection.

Astra @ 28.2E is where you'll find all of those channels (crap included too!).

You're satellite should already be configured to receive signals from the Astra satellite. If that's not done correctly it doesn't matter what you select on the box, you won't receive anything!

Nope, any of the Astra 2's - doesn't matter which.

Are you sure you are on V19 ? It was only released yesterday as far as I'm aware and is not pre loaded in the production model yet.

Mr Scoobie wrote: »

it's a right mess though, channels everywhere, if anyones got a channel list I can download for V1.19B1 that would be great

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My advice is do not upgrade at all unless you have a particular issue.

Mr Scoobie wrote: »

yeah, just bought it on Tuesday, installed it last night and read this thread so decided to do a firmware up grade last night...how often do they release these upgrades? Is it something I should keep an eye on? or could I just leave everything for like a year?

Hi all,

Have Ariva 150 about a week now (thanks Tony & Anthony). All working well but wanted to make a new list of radio & TV channels. Used the Ariva 150 Channel editor to make a new list, duly saved it to the USB stick then uploaded it to the box as per the instructions in the channel editor - and it gave me just 45 channels & not in the right order - not the 80+ that I'd created. Seem to be all satellite channels, too.

Tried to re-upload the original channel list that Anthony put in when he installed the box (I'd saved it) and the satellite channels are not showing.

I muist be doing something wrong... can anyone help? Thanks.

Thanks STB - I'll go look for it. I want to add in some odd stations (Welsh ones) but perhaps it's best to do that on the TV, not the PC.

Does the new firmware remove the Youporn menu? Want to buy one for the parents and there is no way they would accept that menu

user1842 wrote: »

Does the new firmware remove the Youporn menu? Want to buy one for the parents and there is no way they would accept that menu

Unfortunately Ferguson don't seem to take that issue too seriously . We are looking at an alternative box because of this.

bmaxi wrote: »

I honestly can't see what the fixation is with Youporn, if you don't want it don't watch it, certainly it wouldn't put me off buying the box and I'm not exactly in the first flush of youth. Has the nanny state taken us to this, that we can't make our own decisions?
If it's a question of protecting children then I reckon that any child who is capable of navigating the menus on this box is equally capable of typing "porn" into Google.
Sure it would be preferable if it wasn't there but I think it's being blown out of all proportion. Don't connect to the internet, after all it's primarily a box for watching TV.

I have no problem with the Youporn menu but as I said my parents would and I want to buy a box for them that will also play DIVX SD movies. I know my parents and they would not accept any hit of porn anywhere. I believe a lot of other Irish people would have a similar view. I cannot see why Ferguson cannot make it as an optional menu. That would suit everyone.

user1842 wrote: »

I cannot see why Ferguson cannot make it as an optional menu. That would suit everyone.

I agree, that would be the best solution.

dodzy wrote: »

Buy it's predecessor, or an alternative. Plenty of options available for you.

I was going to buy the 120 however I want the ability to play avi files (standard definition) and the 150 has that. So that requirement narrows the pool of boxes down greatly.

bmaxi wrote: »

The 120 will play .avi files.

I believe the 120 will play H.264/MPEG-4 part 10 (AVC) encoded video files which is what is currently used to encode high definition video files in the majority of cases.

It will not play MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 Visual) video files with is/was the standard used to encoded standard definition video files in the majority of cases, the DIVX/XVID format.

Since the majority of my collection are TV shows that uses the MPEG-4 Part 2/DIVX, XVID codec the Ferguson 120 will not play them (I have a 120 and I have confirmed that this is the case)

It looks like the Ferguson 150 will play both MPEG-4 part 10 and MPEG-4 Part 2 encoded video files.

I believe most peoples collections (apart from the more recent stuff) will be MPEG-4 Part 2/DIVX,XVID and so the 120 will not play the files.

user1842 wrote: »

I believe the 120 will play H.264/MPEG-4 part 10 (AVC) encoded video files which is what is currently used to encode high definition video files in the majority of cases.

It will not play MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 Visual) video files with is/was the standard used to encoded standard definition video files in the majority of cases, the DIVX/XVID format.

Since the majority of my collection are TV shows that uses the MPEG-4 Part 2/DIVX, XVID codec the Ferguson 120 will not play them (I have a 120 and I have confirmed that this is the case)

It looks like the Ferguson 150 will play both MPEG-4 part 10 and MPEG-4 Part 2 encoded video files.

I believe most peoples collections (apart from the more recent stuff) will be MPEG-4 Part 2/DIVX,XVID and so the 120 will not play the files.

Surely your mam and dad won't give a toss about all the above?

Hi Tony, will you be getting anymore 150's in?
Out of stock on the site at the moment.