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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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Jiggy

Hi guys, recently purchased one of these for my parents to help with the Saorview switch over, it picks up both RTE channels , TG4 and TV3 fine however I cannot seem to get BBC 1, 2, UTV or Channel 4.
Whenever I run a Terrestrial Automatic Scan, 2 are ok and another 2 fail (49000 and 53800).
Currently we can pick up all the above mentioned channels with good quality however with the switch over date fast approaching I'd like to have everything setup for them soon. ( I have also updated to the latest Firmware update)

Appreciate any help:)

Capt'n Midnight

Originally Posted by beezer9791 View Post
Forgive me if its probably staring me in the face but could anyone prompt or tell me the main differences in the Ferguson Arriva 150 and 250? Thanks!

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

If you are ordering from that Polish site, the difference is a fiver.

Update
If you order the 150 from Poland you are only saving €3.50 compared to ordering it from a certain .ie when you use the discount coupon that's in someone's signature.

And is there any chance that future firmwares will ever get upgrades for MHEG 5 ( Irish teletext ) or UK 7 day EPG ?

Tony

stwome01 wrote: »

Sorry Tony, I did the unforgivable and purchased this unit off one of those foreign crowds

Don't be sorry

We send (thankfully few) remotes back too which do take time to be replaced so we send a new one to the customer from separate stock and I'm sure other Irish suppliers would do the same.

beezer9791

Ok I'll get to it, might bring box back to my own tv and see what the story is...

stwome01

Sorry Tony, I did the unforgivable and purchased this unit off one of those foreign crowds ..... So the delay was first to post it back to Poland. They told me then that they sent it to Ferguson which had it for about 3 weeks before doing anything. :rolleyes:

Was so pleased with the ariva 120 that I got off you that I decided to get the 250 for it ability to play DivX files. However money was tight at the time so I took a chance on the foreign provider. Ah well!

Tony

stwome01 wrote: »

I got a new remote back after about a month.

That seems like an unreasonable delay for a remote swap out

Tony

You need to identify what causing this so firstly disconnect and turn off the walker tv and try the remote again. Also turn off any energy saving bulbs if there are any in the room . The fact that your iphone works would lead to believe the remote being faulty but it seems like a coincidence that this happened right after you connected to another tv.

beezer9791 wrote: »

Thanks a lot again boyz....

Another slight irritating problem: I set up the Ferguson Arriva 250 on my own TV, a Sharp, and everything was perfect. However I bought the box for my father and have since moved it down to him, however when I hook it up to his Walker TV - The remote control fails to work, the light comes on the control as i press the buttons but I have no control over the arriva whatsoever. I have the Arriva connected to the Walker TV via HDMI. I've downloaded the iphone app and I can use this to change the channels etc but I want the remote working, as you do , ha ha!! Any help again greatly appreciated!!

stwome01

The remote to my ariva 250 failed as well. In the end I had to return it. I got a new remote back after about a month. There was no explanation why the original remote failed. I was in the lucky position that I had programmed a OneForAll remote with the fergusons settings. Therefore I determined that it has to be the remote fairly quickly.

beezer9791

Thanks a lot again boyz....

Another slight irritating problem: I set up the Ferguson Arriva 250 on my own TV, a Sharp, and everything was perfect. However I bought the box for my father and have since moved it down to him, however when I hook it up to his Walker TV - The remote control fails to work, the light comes on the control as i press the buttons but I have no control over the arriva whatsoever. I have the Arriva connected to the Walker TV via HDMI. I've downloaded the iphone app and I can use this to change the channels etc but I want the remote working, as you do , ha ha!! Any help again greatly appreciated!!

Capt'n Midnight

beezer9791 wrote: »

Forgive me if its probably staring me in the face but could anyone prompt or tell me the main differences in the Ferguson Arriva 150 and 250? Thanks!

If you are ordering from that Polish site, the difference is a fiver.

iba

slayerking wrote: »

Anyone know of a brick and mortar shop in the city center that sells the usb wifi adaptors compatible with this box?

Try satellite.ie

(got my one on ebay)

iba

beezer9791 wrote: »

Forgive me if its probably staring me in the face but could anyone prompt or tell me the main differences in the Ferguson Arriva 150 and 250? Thanks!

Hi Beezer,

The difference is the extra CAM slots on the Ariva 250 and what Tony said earlier

Regards

Iba

Tony

beezer9791 wrote: »

Forgive me if its probably staring me in the face but could anyone prompt or tell me the main differences in the Ferguson Arriva 150 and 250? Thanks!

The 250 has a remote control that can be programmed for tv. dvd etc it also has a channel name display, the 150 has a channel number display

slayerking

Anyone know of a brick and mortar shop in the city center that sells the usb wifi adaptors compatible with this box?

Thargor

beezer9791 wrote: »

Forgive me if its probably staring me in the face but could anyone prompt or tell me the main differences in the Ferguson Arriva 150 and 250? Thanks!

Also interested in this even though I just ordered a 250 lol.

Whats happening with the BBC this week? Will I have to rescan or will someone post an updated channel list I can port over?

beezer9791

Forgive me if its probably staring me in the face but could anyone prompt or tell me the main differences in the Ferguson Arriva 150 and 250? Thanks!

beezer9791

Thanks to Capt'n Midnight & STB. My hdmi problem was indeed the "handshake" phenomenon, and was easily rectified as the two members correctly suggested.

Thanks Guys

iba

Nowso wrote: »

i downloaded the eprom thing and avast blocked it as malware lol so i left it

i found it quicker to set the channels via the box than the editor. and as bbc are dropping 4 interactive and changing frquencys this week changes will be needed

I didnt use the eprom at all - I dont think you need it

Nowso

i downloaded the eprom thing and avast blocked it as malware lol so i left it

i found it quicker to set the channels via the box than the editor. and as bbc are dropping 4 interactive and changing frquencys this week changes will be needed

iba

STB wrote: »

Unbricking your box if you put another boxes firmware on it. You would use a null modem cable and a laptop. Dont worry about it. You wont need it.

Your other question. The DVBextreme patched firmware. Dont use it. It wrecks the boxes functionality. Its written for something else and kludged for the Ariva boxes. You will notice the remote control will become unresponsive.

This happens when you save as a dumpfile. It will remember the channel lists but not the names of the channel lists. Simple renaming using remote.

Thanks STB; now I understand.

STB

iba wrote: »

Hi,

Thats where I got it from. Instructions were not the greatest though - but got it done now.

But what is the Eprom tool for, what does it do?

Thanks

Iba

Unbricking your box if you put another boxes firmware on it. You would use a null modem cable and a laptop. Dont worry about it. You wont need it.

Your other question. The DVBextreme patched firmware. Dont use it. It wrecks the boxes functionality. Its written for something else and kludged for the Ariva boxes. You will notice the remote control will become unresponsive.

MickserB wrote: »

do it via the box menu, load the file to the box and then in the box menu, you can change the favs into proper ones, the editor doesnt do it for some reason

This happens when you save as a dumpfile. It will remember the channel lists but not the names of the channel lists. Simple renaming using remote.

iba

Nowso wrote: »

it showed up as mailware so must be an internect connector or something

the editor is very slow

im goin to load it on the box and then save the list and it can be reloaded anytime

What showed up as Malware?

What do you mean its very slow?

I downloaded from the Fergson website (the same one as Mickser posted).

1st I tuned in the channels on the STB. Then dumped them onto the memory stick. Then uploaded them into the Editor on the PC.

didnt have any Malware or slowness probelms.

Where exactly are you getting stuck; tell me what you have done?

Regards

Iba

Nowso

it showed up as mailware so must be an internect connector or something

the editor is very slow

im goin to load it on the box and then save the list and it can be reloaded anytime

iba

MickserB wrote: »

if you go to the site
http://www.ferguson-digital.eu/en/download/HD-Satellite-Receivers/Ariva-250-Combo/

you can get the editors, the instructions and the eprom tool also and in english

Hi,

Thats where I got it from. Instructions were not the greatest though - but got it done now.

But what is the Eprom tool for, what does it do?

Thanks

Iba

iba

MickserB wrote: »

do it via the box menu, load the file to the box and then in the box menu, you can change the favs into proper ones, the editor doesnt do it for some reason

Thanks Mickser - done

MickserB

if you go to the site
http://www.ferguson-digital.eu/en/download/HD-Satellite-Receivers/Ariva-250-Combo/

you can get the editors, the instructions and the eprom tool also and in english

iba

Nowso wrote: »

just about to make my own . lol

Well if you need any help, please let me know.

Except for the renaming of the catergories, everything else has worked.

MickserB

do it via the box menu, load the file to the box and then in the box menu, you can change the favs into proper ones, the editor doesnt do it for some reason

Nowso

just about to make my own . lol

iba

Hi Again,

Been making a channel list.

After editing I click on File then Export and then change File as Type to .abs and then I click save and I get a pop-up-window saying Default Data Base and User Data Base. I tick the User Data Base and click ok. But then I get another pop-up-window stating 'Unrecognized bin file'

Why wont it save? What am I doing wrong?

Edit: Worked it out, Id deleted what was on the memory stick, shoudnt do that. You need to replace the .abs file on the memory stick with the new one you have made.

However, I renamed the favourite channel catergories - eg sports, movies but when uploaded to the box, it still just shows 'Favourite Group 1, 2 etc'

Thanks

Iba