Ferguson Ariva 250

STB · 10-10-2012 06:10PM

Megastar wrote: »

My Ariva 250 just arrived. I wired it up and turned it on and I'm getting nothing. The TV says "no signal" and the readout on the box is "write pending app data in handlock".
Has anyone any help to give me? What should I do next? Tia

It says what!

Tony · 10-10-2012 06:16PM

Megastar wrote: »

readout on the box is "write pending app data in handlock".

Afraid i've not come across that message before , as a first step I would disconnect everything but the power lead from the box and then re boot it using the power switch at the back. Then see if the message is the same

Megastar · 10-10-2012 06:29PM

Tony wrote: »

Afraid i've not come across that message before , as a first step I would disconnect everything but the power lead from the box and then re boot it using the power switch at the back. Then see if the message is the same

Thanks for that, it worked, and I reconnected everything one at a time and it still works.
The remote control isn't responding now. I can see this being a bit of a headache.
Thanks again.

Tony · 10-10-2012 06:31PM

Megastar wrote: »

Thanks for that, it worked, and I reconnected everything one at a time and it still works.
The remote control isn't responding now. I can see this being a bit of a headache.
Thanks again.

Its a universal remote so you might have accidentally set it to tv or dvd. Press the STB (set top box) button once and see if it responds then.

Megastar · 10-10-2012 07:25PM

Tony wrote: »

Its a universal remote so you might have accidentally set it to tv or dvd. Press the STB (set top box) button once and see if it responds then.

Yes, I had. Thanks again! Everything is working beautifully now, the channels are scanned in etc. Very happy with whole setup now.

Tony · 10-10-2012 08:02PM

Megastar wrote: »

Yes, I had. Thanks again! Everything is working beautifully now, the channels are scanned in etc. Very happy with whole setup now.

Glad you got sorted, enjoy

iopener · 10-10-2012 08:58PM

I give up, can't understand how I can a uhf signal on 2 arriva 120 combo boxes and can't get a signal on arriva 150 combo box on the very same cable.I've swapped over the boxes twice but can't get any Irish channels.I've checked me signal strength and quality both over 80% on the 120's and nothing on the 150.I must have been sold a dude

Tony · 10-10-2012 09:59PM

iopener wrote: »

I must have been sold a dude

Is that not slavery ?

Try the set up menu and under "other" turn off the DVBT power and see if that makes any difference.

iopener · 11-10-2012 08:00PM

I gave up and went out replaced the Ariva 150 witha triax tax114 5 mins to set up.only have to rearrange the channels.

Tony · 11-10-2012 08:18PM

iopener wrote: »

I gave up and went out replaced the Ariva 150 witha triax tax114 5 mins to set up.only have to rearrange the channels.

Thats a shame but glad you got sorted in the end

O'Prez · 12-10-2012 11:20PM

Got mine from the bauld Tony today. Is this guy professionalism personified or what? Anyway, I previously had the 120 (which I sold today for 60 quid) and the thing I noticed straight away is how much faster/more responsive the 250 is in comparison to the 120. On screen menus are much classier too and everything is laid out in a more user friendly manner. The media player is better too as is the remote control. However, one gripe with the remote control is the annoying clicking sound it makes when using the silver circular bit. Is this the case with everyone's or is it just me? Great little box though which they seem to be styling around the Humax Foxsat. Nice touch too is when going up and down through channel names from the list menu is the little now and next pop out window.

O'Prez · 13-10-2012 03:19AM

I have the Walker WP2212LCD telly upstairs connected to this box. What remote code should I try in order to operate it from the Ariva remote? The Vestel codes?

Access · 13-10-2012 08:40PM

I know ye were saying earlier in the thread about the wifi usb adapters getting too hot and failing.

As i am close to my wifi router... its in the next room to the ariva 250... it is quite close but i still would prefer not to run a cable to the ariva from the router.

Would this Ferguson wifi dongle be okay, or is this on the list of useless ones that overheat and fail? Can anyone confirm?

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Ferguson-W02-USB-WiFi-Dongle-Stick-Ariva-150-250-52E-102E-202E-/251094005154?pt=UK_Computing_USB_Wi_Fi_Adapters_Dongles&hash=item3a765e75a2

Compton · 13-10-2012 08:54PM

I use that exact dongle but on an Amiko box and it works fine, been going for a few months now.

bmaxi · 13-10-2012 09:31PM

O'Prez wrote: »

I have the Walker WP2212LCD telly upstairs connected to this box. What remote code should I try in order to operate it from the Ariva remote? The Vestel codes?

If you have the original remote, just use the learn function. Simples

O'Prez · 13-10-2012 09:35PM

Oh I didn't know it had that (having not bothered me arse to read the manual). Thanx

grayface · 13-10-2012 09:51PM

Does anybody have a link for firmware version 1.19B1 for Ariva 250, as I want to upgrade to this firmware on a friends receiver, and dont want to get it wrong.

Cheers and thanks in advance for feedback.:):)

john_doe. · 14-10-2012 03:21PM

can someone upload a channel list for firmware 1.20B1?

also has anyone considered getting the FTA guide from a RSS feed, i have tried and failed.

nice little box..

freddy99 · 14-10-2012 03:34PM

I see that to record to hdd, you select timer from the Guide and then need to go to timer menu and change option from 'channel' to 'record'.
Is there any way to set 'Record' as default setting when you select timer ?
Thanks

bmaxi · 14-10-2012 04:03PM

freddy99 wrote: »

I see that to record to hdd, you select timer from the Guide and then need to go to timer menu and change option from 'channel' to 'record'.
Is there any way to set 'Record' as default setting when you select timer ?
Thanks

After you set it the first time it should stay on "record" unless you change it again.

Thargor · 14-10-2012 04:28PM

Is it easy to record stuff on the 250? As in can you just select a programme from the EPG and hit record or so you have to set on/off times for everything?

Nowso · 14-10-2012 04:39PM

you can change your record format in the setttings but all u got to do to tape is hit the record button, u can set up timers 2

Charlie-Bravo · 14-10-2012 05:24PM

Would anyone by chance have a channel file - I upgraded the box with ver 1.20 from the ferguson site but didn't keep a copy of the userdb settings. - Thanks.

MickserB · 15-10-2012 10:28AM

Access wrote: »

I know ye were saying earlier in the thread about the wifi usb adapters getting too hot and failing.

As i am close to my wifi router... its in the next room to the ariva 250... it is quite close but i still would prefer not to run a cable to the ariva from the router.

Would this Ferguson wifi dongle be okay, or is this on the list of useless ones that overheat and fail? Can anyone confirm?

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Ferguson-W02-USB-WiFi-Dongle-Stick-Ariva-150-250-52E-102E-202E-/251094005154?pt=UK_Computing_USB_Wi_Fi_Adapters_Dongles&hash=item3a765e75a2

They are all the same mate, same specs etc, any I used ran really hot, if your going to use one try one with the aerials on them, pic up the signal better than those, you can get em on fleabay, and for half they money than those

beezer9791 · 15-10-2012 12:22PM

O Prez some of the mitsubishi codes will work with that walker TV, I tried them and few of them worked. Have a look at the back of the instruction manual and you'll find them.

gg69me · 15-10-2012 12:45PM

O'Prez wrote: »

Got mine from the bauld Tony today. Is this guy professionalism personified or what? Anyway, I previously had the 120 (which I sold today for 60 quid) and the thing I noticed straight away is how much faster/more responsive the 250 is in comparison to the 120. On screen menus are much classier too and everything is laid out in a more user friendly manner. The media player is better too as is the remote control. However, one gripe with the remote control is the annoying clicking sound it makes when using the silver circular bit. Is this the case with everyone's or is it just me? Great little box though which they seem to be styling around the Humax Foxsat. Nice touch too is when going up and down through channel names from the list menu is the little now and next pop out window.

i got a 250 lately aswell but not that impressed as it completely froze three times already and the only way to get it working again was to switch off the box at the back and allow it to reboot . seems to happen alot when i go into the entertainment section and try to download movie clips etc or it happened once when i was recording onto my mains powered hard drive....has anyone else had problems with their box freezing up completely or am i just jinxed?

Thargor · 15-10-2012 06:35PM

Thargor wrote: »

Is it easy to record stuff on the 250? As in can you just select a programme from the EPG and hit record or so you have to set on/off times for everything?

Does anyone know the answer to this? Like if I call up the Saorview channels on the EPG and see a film starting in 3 hours time can I just move the cursor to it and tell it to record it or do I have to manually input the start time and stop time for everything?

O'Prez · 15-10-2012 06:43PM

beezer9791 wrote: »

O Prez some of the mitsubishi codes will work with that walker TV, I tried them and few of them worked. Have a look at the back of the instruction manual and you'll find them.

Sound beezer but I used the learn function which worked a treat

Nowso · 15-10-2012 07:34PM

Thargor wrote: »

Does anyone know the answer to this? Like if I call up the Saorview channels on the EPG and see a film starting in 3 hours time can I just move the cursor to it and tell it to record it or do I have to manually input the start time and stop time for everything?

you can all you do is select record and not play

The Pontiac · 15-10-2012 10:23PM

Thargor wrote: »

Does anyone know the answer to this? Like if I call up the Saorview channels on the EPG and see a film starting in 3 hours time can I just move the cursor to it and tell it to record it or do I have to manually input the start time and stop time for everything?

There is no EPG, only now and next. You have to 'wake up' the channel at the program start time, so yes, manually input.

This is not as user friendly as a sky box, but it's a bloody great combo box for the price. I bought my third 150 box today for only €100. It's the exact same as the 250, but doesn't display the channel name on the box, and the remote doesn't work other devices like dvd players etc. Two features I have no interest in.

Great media player too, plays every file.

Ferguson Ariva 250

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