Ferguson Ariva 153: Please post questions here

Tony · 01-02-2016 2:36pm

Anyone already using 1.29B8 Firmware ? It seems it updates the channel list when recording but now I'm no longer seeing saorview in the channel list whan recording a satellite channel . Anyone else seeing this ?

I'd strongly advise not upgrading if you have not already done so.

wobbles · 01-02-2016 3:03pm

Ive seen this happen as well, dont do a lot of recording to know if it was a once off or happens all the time. Will check what firmware its running later

mjatkey · 01-02-2016 10:50pm

Hi Tony, I can see from this thread and other threads that you have a great knowledge of the Ariva boxes. I started with a 120 then a 250 when I left Sky. I have since moved onto linux/enigma boxes for their advantages over the standard combos. Anyway I realized at the weekend from reading else where on the web that you can run patched software which I found for the 120 and 250 which worked great. I have brother inlaw who brought 153 last year and was thinking of upgrading his. Do you know if the patched version 1.29B8 is ok to run only I saw a comment that there was an issue with it? Also correct me that I definitely can not use a channel line up from one box ie 250 on 153 and that even the versions ie 1.29 of a .abs file must be the same? Thanks Martin

Tony · 02-02-2016 12:20am

Hi Martin, afraid I've not used patched software so I can't help you with that part unfortunately. You are correct its not wise to attempt to use a channel list from another model or firmware version.

mjatkey wrote: »

I have brother inlaw who brought 153 last year and was thinking of upgrading his. Do you know if the patched version 1.29B8 is ok to run only I saw a comment that there was an issue with it? Also correct me that I definitely can not use a channel line up from one box ie 250 on 153 and that even the versions ie 1.29 of a .abs file must be the same? Thanks Martin

scruff monkey · 02-02-2016 12:40am

Tony wrote: »

Do you have a hard drive or USB stick connected ? If so disconnect the stick or drive for a while and see if the problem still occurs .

this actually solved my channel up down issue, time to buy a better brand of usb stick i think

mjatkey · 02-02-2016 6:16pm

Thanks Tony, and one more quick question does anyone have a good copy of the Ariva channel editor. All the ones I have found either display no channel name (station name) or most of it is unreadable in plain text. Thanks

Tony · 02-02-2016 7:00pm

I'm using the one from the ferguson website without any problem for the 153 . I think there was an earlier version though for the 120 and 150

mjatkey · 03-02-2016 12:09am

Yes I've tried a few but they never display the channel name correctly any chance you could mail or post a copy? Thanks

Tony · 03-02-2016 10:54am

Not sure what the point would be as the programme I have came from the ferguson website.

mjatkey wrote: »

Yes I've tried a few but they never display the channel name correctly any chance you could mail or post a copy? Thanks

mjatkey · 03-02-2016 7:44pm

Hi Tony, you said there was an issue with the firmware on Ferguson site for the 153 A153Combo_V1.29B8.7z.

Do you know if this will be resolved? The patched copy I have also has the bin miss match error.

Are there any others available? Thanks

mjatkey · 03-02-2016 7:57pm

Hi Tony, think I have it you need to add the patch version for the version the box is already running. So on the brother inlaws rather than use latest v1.29 I used v1.28.b4 and hey presto no bin error and now have the access I was looking for. Thanks

mjatkey · 03-02-2016 9:15pm

Yeap v1.28.b4 patch works fine all channels good, also took the editor from the 153 page on Ferguson and works great. So next question if I take all the channels from the 153 then build them into the favourites I want do I just save then re-add to the box. Thanks

AnCatDubh · 10-02-2016 11:45am

Bit of an odd one for me this time. On my Ariva 153, I've lost radio which normally would be received on the DVB-T [saorview] input. Saorview TV is fine.

I haven't spent much time at it as yet, so all i've attempted to do is to retune Terrestrial stations via the setup menus of the box. This scans and appears to locate both TV and Radio stations, but when I return to view or listen to the stations I only get TV.

Some additional info - the EPG on the radio channels is completely blank (its fine on the TV channels). The satellite side of it is fine - all TV and Radio stations are receivable with EPG, so I can still get RTE1, 2FM, etc.. via this source but i'm wondering what has happened my SAORVIEW stations (box/ariel/other?).

On a separate setup in the house (different TV/Ariel), radio via Saorview is working fine so I gather its not a reception issue in my area. If anyone has come across something similar and has a fix or anything to try it would be appreciated.

Actually, how many people listen to radio on their TV or am I just weird? :pac:

Tony · 11-02-2016 2:29pm

Try F1 button top left hand corner of remote

AnCatDubh wrote: »

Bit of an odd one for me this time. On my Ariva 153, I've lost radio which normally would be received on the DVB-T [saorview] input. Saorview TV is fine.

Actually, how many people listen to radio on their TV or am I just weird? :pac:

AnCatDubh · 12-02-2016 11:24am

Tony wrote: »

Try F1 button top left hand corner of remote

Not so simple. The F1 will switch to and fro between radio and tv as is normal but the issue is more that when on the Radio function of the box, the RTE/Saorview supplied channels are missing. Well, the place holders are still there so when I go to channel 1 it says RTE Radio 1 but there is no sound.

Again, only briefly had a chance to look last night but I *think* that saorview radio channels RTEs/Lyric/etc... are elsewhere on the Ariva's guide. I say this as I happened to stumble upon them this morning up around channel 92 or something like that. So, my theory at this stage is that they have moved location or the guide has in some way been reset (this, may be at least partially due to my own Terrestrial retune as per post above).

I'll check further over the weekend and if the channels are just moved then i'll probably have a bit of manipulation of the guide locations and removals of the blank channels to do.

Tony · 12-02-2016 11:55am

I've just tested this on 3 rock and kippure and it seems to be ok . Did you have search set to "tv and radio" ?

AnCatDubh wrote: »

Not so simple. The F1 will switch to and fro between radio and tv as is normal but the issue is more that when on the Radio function of the box, the RTE/Saorview supplied channels are missing. Well, the place holders are still there so when I go to channel 1 it says RTE Radio 1 but there is no sound.

Again, only briefly had a chance to look last night but I *think* that saorview radio channels RTEs/Lyric/etc... are elsewhere on the Ariva's guide. I say this as I happened to stumble upon them this morning up around channel 92 or something like that. So, my theory at this stage is that they have moved location or the guide has in some way been reset (this, may be at least partially due to my own Terrestrial retune as per post above).

I'll check further over the weekend and if the channels are just moved then i'll probably have a bit of manipulation of the guide locations and removals of the blank channels to do.

Gerry Wicklow · 12-02-2016 12:00pm

@Tony
Maybe coincidence but didn't RTÉ radio move TP recently on satellite? Perhaps OP is trying the old sat settings.
12266 H 27500 5/6

Tony · 12-02-2016 12:03pm

Good point Gerry as the sat feeds are FTA

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

@Tony
Maybe coincidence but didn't RTÉ radio move TP recently on satellite? Perhaps OP is trying the old sat settings.
12266 H 27500 5/6

AnCatDubh · 13-02-2016 9:43pm

Thanks guys - Think I may be out of the woods and I have a theory.

If I was incorrect originally thinking that I was listening to DVB-T supplied radio but that I was actually listening to satellite supplied radio then as Gerry mentions, when RTE radio moved - the channels were "empty" but still listed on the box. So when I went to channel 1 which heretofore was RTE Radio 1, it still showed on the box but nothing was being received (hence no EPG info).

I've re-tuned now and have both DVB-T and Satellite versions of RTE radios available and I've moved the DVB-T ones back to channels 1 and subsequent. This would also explain that I hadn't actually modified anything on the box to cause it (change actually being made at the satellite side of things). Anyhow, all is now good again.

Cheers.

Gerry Wicklow · 13-02-2016 10:21pm

Glad you got sorted.

Liverpool1981 · 05-03-2016 11:23am

Hi guys,

Had Arriva for few months now, turned box on yesterday on Soarview channels have gone & all my favorites (News/Entertainment/Movies etc) have gone back to default i.e. "Fav1,Fav2 etc". Took me bloody ages to set them up!

I downloaded channel list and now I have one category called "All channels" , so now i have no favorites and can't see any of the saorview channels like RTE/TV3 etc. Basically can I download a preprogrammed channels list with favorites already done? I know that sounds lazy but it's bloody tedious trying to do it.

Also I downloaded firmware "A153Combo_V1.29B8.7z". Went to upgrade by USB but no file showing up.

Tony · 05-03-2016 12:08pm

That's a compressed file so you have to extract it to .abs first . What firmware version are you on at the moment and do you know what saorview transmitter you are using?

Liverpool1981 wrote: »

Also I downloaded firmware "A153Combo_V1.29B8.7z". Went to upgrade by USB but no file showing up.

Liverpool1981 · 05-03-2016 12:28pm

I extracted it and when I try to upgrade says BIN do nto match. Do you still want to upgrade?

Think maincode version is V1.284.

Tony · 05-03-2016 1:39pm

Ah ok, its good that you did not upgrade as it would have bricked the box .There are some issues with 1.29 which I made known to ferguson some weeks ago. Again what saorview transmitter are you using ?

Liverpool1981 wrote: »

I extracted it and when I try to upgrade says BIN do nto match. Do you still want to upgrade?

Think maincode version is V1.284.

Liverpool1981 · 05-03-2016 1:40pm

OK phew! Not sure how I find out what saorview transmitter i'm using?

Tony · 05-03-2016 3:45pm

Try the saorview coverage checker on saorview.ie

Liverpool1981 wrote: »

OK phew! Not sure how I find out what saorview transmitter i'm using?

wobbles · 06-03-2016 6:31pm

Can the BBC red button be got on these. Was watching the cycling today on BBC2 and just after they started the final big race, it switched over to the red button while stupid tennis started on the regular channel

Thurston? · 06-03-2016 7:49pm

wobbles wrote: »

Can the BBC red button be got on these ...

Not by pressing the red button but can be tuned in as a separate channel & selected like any other channel.

Currently on this transponder: 10773 MHz, H. polarity, 22000 symbol rate.

wobbles · 08-03-2016 9:45pm

Thurston? wrote: »

Not by pressing the red button but can be tuned in as a separate channel & selected like any other channel.

Currently on this transponder: 10773 MHz, H. polarity, 22000 symbol rate.

Apparently I have this already tuned in on channel 5, which in the list of all channels is 3e, of UTVHD from the channels coming from the dish.

Are they definitely the correct numbers or what am I doing wrong?

Thurston? · 09-03-2016 9:33am

wobbles wrote: »

Apparently I have this already tuned in on channel 5, which in the list of all channels is 3e, of UTVHD from the channels coming from the dish...

It must be saying the transponder settings are already saved in the transponder (TP) list, not referring to the list of TV channels?

Did you look through the TV channel list for the 'red button' channel?

If it isn't there, select that TP from the list, & scan it.

Ferguson Ariva 153: Please post questions here

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