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Ferguson Ariva 250

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I figured it was time to give this its own thread

I ordered one from Eiretv on ebay for €103 + postage.
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Ferguson-Ariva-250-HD-Combo-Freesat-Saorview-Receiver-LATEST-MODEL-FULL-HD-/261053110727

They also have official wifi dongles for 14.95. -I didnt get one yet

Payment was to Satworld!

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iba

STB wrote: »

I saw your posts on DW. That firmware from that source that you put on your box is the issue. Put the clean original firmware on it and restore factory settings to cleanse it. That patched firmware that is out there at the moment is compiled by people who dont know what they are doing. For a start its compiled for another box!

Hi STB,

Why do you think I have the firmware on the box - why do you think its for another box?

Also I connected the box directly to the LNB and pulled in another 16 channels from another transponder - so now 24 in total.

But I note that there are only 9 transponders listed under Arabsat/Badr (and Im pulling in just from 2 transponders) whereas on Astra 19 there are 120 Transponders, Astra 2A 150 Transponders and Hotbird has 104 Transponders. Obviously you know a lot more than me, but dosent this mean that there are Transponders missing from Arabsat/Badr - surely there must be more than 9?

Would appreciate your thoughts or perhaps you would like to post on the DW site?

Edit:

STB - Ive been very very silly - I was scanning in on Arabsat C Band instead of KU band - I now have 110 Transponders and 160 stations or so

Regards

Iba

beezer9791

Thats great guys, thanks a million for that. Ill have a go in the morning. Much obliged!!

Capt'n Midnight

beezer9791 wrote: »

Hi folks,

I have a slight problem with my Arriva 250. Its working perfect but when I connect the box to my HD TV via HDMI cable it has sound but no picture.

check the manual for the TV to see which HD mode is optimal, 720/1080 or whatever and set the ariva output to that

STB

beezer9791 wrote: »

Hi folks,

I have a slight problem with my Arriva 250. Its working perfect but when I connect the box to my HD TV via HDMI cable it has sound but no picture.

Handshaking its called.

Turn box off at back. Leave TV on. Turn on box.

And yes its a TV thing.

STB

iba wrote: »

Thanks STB, good idea - ILL try that

I saw your posts on DW. That firmware from that source that you put on your box is the issue. Put the clean original firmware on it and restore factory settings to cleanse it. That patched firmware that is out there at the moment is compiled by people who dont know what they are doing. For a start its compiled for another box!

STB

Avns1s wrote: »

Got this box yesterday (Thanks Tony, great service!).

Is there any simple way of just backing up the channel list to usb and using if necessary in the future on the same or another box? When I say simle, I mean without having to interfere in any way with the firmware?

I set up another brand of box also today for someone else and it can just back up its channel list to USB.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.

Upgrade by USB, right click through options until you get to dumpfile. Click down to start. You now have a backup of your channel list.

beezer9791

Hi folks,

I have a slight problem with my Arriva 250. Its working perfect but when I connect the box to my HD TV via HDMI cable it has sound but no picture. I thought at first it might have been the cable but I got a new cable and still the same problem exists. Its working perfect when I connect with the scart lead. I have a feeling its not the TV as I had another box connected to it some months ago and the HD worked fine. I haven't set up the saorview part yet just the uk fta channs. Thanks for your help, I hope I have posted in the right area.

Avns1s

Got this box yesterday (Thanks Tony, great service!).

Is there any simple way of just backing up the channel list to usb and using if necessary in the future on the same or another box? When I say simle, I mean without having to interfere in any way with the firmware?

I set up another brand of box also today for someone else and it can just back up its channel list to USB.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.

Calleja

winston_1 wrote: »

The Irish channels are scrambled on the Astra satellite and require a subscription to Sky and a Sky box to receive them.

To receive them your a combo box you need to connect an aerial and tune them in on Saorview.

Thanks, did the Terrestrial Automatic Search and that got them.

STB

Calleja wrote: »

Ah ok, I have a DVB-T list that has all the Irish channels but I get a 'No Signal' message when I try to view them.

Did you copy someone else channel list ? Saorview Frequencies differ throughout the country.

Calleja

Avns1s wrote: »

You're tuning them in from the Astra Satellite rather than Saorview.

Ah ok, I have a DVB-T list that has all the Irish channels but I get a 'No Signal' message when I try to view them.

winston_1

The Irish channels are scrambled on the Astra satellite and require a subscription to Sky and a Sky box to receive them.

To receive them your a combo box you need to connect an aerial and tune them in on Saorview.

Avns1s

You're tuning them in from the Astra Satellite rather than Saorview.

Calleja

Hi, I'm trying to set up the ariva 250 combo but all the Irish channels appear as 'Scrambled,' anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

bmaxi

You can set up a favourites list to include the channels they want to watch, whether Saorview or satellite, and in whatever order. It's then only a question of navigating through that.

O'Prez

It is all the one. The channel list goes seamlessly from the Irish stations to the UK ones in sequence with absolutely no messing around whatsoever.

Thargor

You wouldnt believe me if I told you how bad they are, I want to strangle them sometimes. I just need to know that when they turn it on theres no distinction between the Saorview channels at 001 to 006 or whatevever and BBC/UTV/CH4 etc from 007 onwards, its all the one like on a Saorview box if you know what I mean?

Tony

Thargor wrote: »

Thanks but just to clarify, Im talking about completely technically clueless people,

No to be smart but if they are indeed completely clueless then how do they turn the tv on ?
I'm not sure I can clarify this any further for you, perhaps take a look in harvey Normans where they may have one set up you can try.

Thargor

Thanks but just to clarify, Im talking about completely technically clueless people, they cant even send text messages or set a digital clock, can it be operated so you just sit down, turn it on and there's 01-RTE1, 02-RTE2......08-Channel 4, 09-Sky News, you know what I mean? If they're having to call up menus and switching to All Channels or whatever, that wont do, I need them to be able to press channel up to go from RTE 1 up through the Saorview channels and on into BBC and to Sky News and back again with no fiddling in between, is that how the 250 works?

Tony

The ferguson does not have satellite or saorview mode , if you select the "all channels" list you will see all channels on a single list and you can edit the list any way you like.

Thargor wrote: »

You know when you're using this, you can just keep pressing program up or next channel to go RTE1>RTE2>TV3>TG4>BBC1>BBC2>CH4>Sky News etc if you want cant you? You don't need to be changing between Saorview mode and satellite mode is what I'm asking, that would be a problem for me because my parents are clueless...

Also I assume you can change it so channel 1 = RTE 1, channel 2 = RTE 2 etc etc?

Thargor

You know when you're using this, you can just keep pressing program up or next channel to go RTE1>RTE2>TV3>TG4>BBC1>BBC2>CH4>Sky News etc if you want cant you? You don't need to be changing between Saorview mode and satellite mode is what I'm asking, that would be a problem for me because my parents are clueless...

Also I assume you can change it so channel 1 = RTE 1, channel 2 = RTE 2 etc etc?

Tony

Pete2k wrote: »

Anyone know if its possible to copy a channel list from a 250 to a 150? Thanks

I've done this using this method from a 150 to a 250 http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=72892011 try at your own risk though as if not done carefully you may have to fix the box via the rs232

Good luck

Pete2k

Anyone know if its possible to copy a channel list from a 250 to a 150? Thanks

iba

STB wrote: »

What you could try is to take the Diseqc switch out of the equation temporarily, ie connect the cable going from your diseqc Out directly to the BADR lnb. See if that makes any odds. I suspect that your diseqc switch is reducing the signal below the threshold of the ariva.

Tuning them in by taking that diseqc switch out of the equaton is the first thing I'd do. Then if they tune in the other stations, reconnect the diseqc switch back etc and see what the signals like on BADR.

Dont forget to change the Diseqc settings for BADR to off when doing the scan direct and dont forget to switch it back to that diseqc switch number when diseqc is reconnected..

If you press the white edit button on the ariva remote (above f4 key) it will give you rough BER readings

Thanks STB, good idea - ILL try that

STB

RUCKING FETARD wrote: »

Are you just telling him that...

I have no issues with lip sync.

STB

iba wrote: »

Thanks STB.

I actually have a triax 110cm dish and previously on the Ariva 120 I was able to tune in 100s of stations. I m awahowever that the tuneis not as good as on the other STBs you listed above nor the humax - but I do think it is somewhat strange that Im only picking up 9 stations - all MBC.

Not even picking up Al jazeera or Dubai or Saudi. And Ive had the same result doing a pre-set scan and a blind scan (although Im not too sure what the difference is) - perhaps there are transponders or something missing from the settings - my knowledge would not be good enough though to know things like that for sure.

Regards

Iba

What you could try is to take the Diseqc switch out of the equation temporarily, ie connect the cable going from your diseqc Out directly to the BADR lnb. See if that makes any odds. I suspect that your diseqc switch is reducing the signal below the threshold of the ariva.

Tuning them in by taking that diseqc switch out of the equaton is the first thing I'd do. Then if they tune in the other stations, reconnect the diseqc switch back etc and see what the signals like on BADR.

Dont forget to change the Diseqc settings for BADR to off when doing the scan direct and dont forget to switch it back to that diseqc switch number when diseqc is reconnected..

If you press the white edit button on the ariva remote (above f4 key) it will give you rough BER readings

RUCKING FETARD

Tony wrote: »

Thargor wrote: »

Please tell me thats not common

Its not common

Are you just telling him that...

"smiley face"

Tony

Thargor wrote: »

Please tell me thats not common

Its not common

iba

STB wrote: »

All files play. In addition to MKV/MP4, Divx/Xvid also now supported (through the chipset upgrade on the 150&250 over the 120's).

A lot of issues with the entertainment functions are sorted in firmware V1.20B1. The one issue that remains is the weather link it is based on a google link which keeps moving stuff around. That is affecting the API from working.

The Arivas are fine for Astra 2 Hotbird and Astra 1 satellites that are strong in Ireland with a 60-80cm dish.
If you are using a Diseqc switch you should be aware that the Arivas do not have as sensitive a tuner as Clarketechs/Technomates/Vu+duo's. So if you are borderline reception on weak satellites like BADR, a more sensitive box would be recommended. They are not a DXrs box.

Thanks STB.

I actually have a triax 110cm dish and previously on the Ariva 120 I was able to tune in 100s of stations. I m awahowever that the tuneis not as good as on the other STBs you listed above nor the humax - but I do think it is somewhat strange that Im only picking up 9 stations - all MBC.

Not even picking up Al jazeera or Dubai or Saudi. And Ive had the same result doing a pre-set scan and a blind scan (although Im not too sure what the difference is) - perhaps there are transponders or something missing from the settings - my knowledge would not be good enough though to know things like that for sure.

Regards

Iba

Thargor

Please tell me thats not common or that theres a fix?