Ferguson Ariva 150

Just click on the media fire link , its pretty self explanatory to be fair. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=90151713&postcount=1141

Navarre wrote: »

Tony I don't see any option to download a channel list from the link 2 pages back maybe i am missing something. What i am looking for is a channel list that i can download on to a USB to load into some Ariva 150's. There are up to date channel lists available for Walker, Alma and triax on the net but I cant come across any for Ariva 150. Can you direct me to the link or PM a link. Thanks

What size is the disk you are using ? Cartoon network is not a free channel so perhaps this is why you are not receiving it.

denis1501 wrote: »

Hi lads,
I upgraded the Mother's box last week with the new software and channel list (thanks Tony!). All went fine but she's now getting a strange message when she tries to record something, "NO RECORD PARTITION". Once we switch the box off with the switch on the back and back on again it works fine again and records without issue. Any ideas of how to fix this permanantly???
Also, the kids are getting a 'no signal' message every now and again on 12051, V, the transponder of Cartoon Network/Boomerang. According to the settings this is on Eurobird and not Astra2 and when I try to search the frequency on Astra different channels are found. Is this an LNB set up issue????

denis1501 wrote: »

Using the Sky card in the Ariva to watch the kids channels.
It's a 1tb drive and she's been using it without issue for over 2 years.

Ah I see, well maybe check the quality and signal reading on that particular transponder . Usually specific transponder issues relate to cabling and not the lnb or dish . Dish misalignment will show up on multiple transponders . If you partition to disk into 2 x 500gb it may solve the problem, ferguson recommend not using anything larger than 500 .

Tony wrote: »

Ah I see, well maybe check the quality and signal reading on that particular transponder . Usually specific transponder issues relate to cabling and not the lnb or dish . Dish misalignment will show up on multiple transponders . If you partition to disk into 2 x 500gb it may solve the problem, ferguson recommend not using anything larger than 500 .

On the disk:

I'm using a 1TB drive too and have no problems. However, I noticed some recording issues with newer firmware until I defragmented the drive. I'd suggest two things:
1. Check the disk for errors; the box has a flaky filing system that leaves errors, particularly the older firmware. Stick the drive on a PC, open My Computer, Right click on the drive and under Tools you should have Error Checking. Run this and let it fix any errors; guaranteed to have some I would think.
2. Then under the same Tools run the defragmenter; this takes time but well worth it.

And on the channel:

Double check that the channel setting isn't off a little bit. That happened in an earlier firmware with the BBC HD channels. Check online for the transponder settings for the channel in question (Try here: http://www.lyngsat.com/Eutelsat-28A.html). Then check the setting for that transponder frequency to make sure it is the same.

clarea wrote: »

Hi Patch, just wondering if you are still experiencing this problem with channels disappearing? I recently updated to version 1.25b4 (first update I've ever had to do) and within a day or two noticed channels vanishing from my favourite groups! Just like your experience, it always seems to coincide with recording for some strange reason. Have since updated to what I think is Ferguson's latest update (version 1.25B8) and still having exactly the same problem. If anyone has any ideas how to solve this I'd love to hear them!

Holy moly I've managed to repeat this issue.
At last.

I can repeatedly record a channel and wipe out most of my other channels requiring a reload of the user db to restore them.

It's a very serious bug and it showed up originally when I was recording 6 nations rugby games and, last night and tonight when recording world cup football matches. Thought it might be a box with a dislike of sport!
The problem arises when I record any saorview channel from my 1st favourite group. I had thought it only happened when I paused the record and dropped into timeshift but not so. After I stop recording I see that all my other favourite groups are gone and almost all channels are gone. I'm left with 23 of 65 channels on the Astra list and only 1 of 20 on the Eurobird list.

When I tested this previously I had recorded BBC 1 from the same favourite group but this doesn't trigger the issue. You have to record saorview channels.

This was happening to me before when I was on 1.24b1 but now I'm on 1.26b3 so, still an issue. I wonder did it creep in when they made a change that was to address the problem when recording from a favourite group you are stuck in that group. They changed it so that you go into the All Channels group when recording. That doesn't seem to be the case when recording saorview channels.

Edit: I found a workaround if you are affected by this. If you start the record while in the All Channels group then it doesn't lose the channels.

Ronan Devitt wrote: »

Guys any recent updated channel list? Last one I have is from April which Tony made available. Presume there has been some changes since..

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gcxw88wf6si2wdl/Ariva150_126B3.abs

Hey. Yes here's my latest list based on 1.26b3 firmware. The channels list & user settings are bundled with the firmware so you can upgrade to latest code.

It has the new BBC red button channels which have been great for the world cup & glastonbury (and wimbledon if that's your cup of tea). And a few other channel updates missing from this firmware release. I have the channels in 5 favourite groups; main, misc, news, music, kids. One thing to watch out for, this firmware (and a few previous versions) have a bug where if you record a saorview channel from a favourite group then it wipes most of the channels when finished. I know of one other user that suffered this too. The workaround is to start the recording from the All Channels group; real pain but hopefully they'll fix it.

Usual warnings apply; take care copying to a usb key making sure to remove the key properly, when loading if you get a warning that it is not compatible (or some such warning) DO NOT proceed with update; it will brick your box. Remember Ariva 150 Combo only.

thatsmyboy wrote: »

Hi guys just a question. Under all channels on my box some of my channels are duplicated 3 or 4 times with maybe just one of them picking up a signal. My question is there any easier way than having to delete each channel separately. Also is there any easier way to get to sky sports if I'm on let's say MTV as at the moment I'm having to go through it manually and it takes ages. My box is the ariva 150 combo. Ta in advance.

Use the Ariva Editor (available on the Ferguson website).

Downlaod stations to usb stick. Upload them to your PC. Edit them with the Editor. Put them back on the USB stick. Upload them back onto the box via the USB stick.

I can't remember for sure, but I think you can just type the station number eg if sky sports is on 123 type 123 on remote.

Or

If you go into the station list, just press the letter S to get you to stations beginning with S after you put them in sort order (red button I think)

From a slightly different, I have a 150 in a holiday home and on the last two week-ends, I found most of my satellite channels wiped. I may have left usb drive connected. I had channel list saved so not a big problem. I'm running Vers. 125B8 and wonder is it worth my while upgrading to a newer version,
Thanks.