Ferguson Ariva 250

Tony wrote: »

Great glad its worked out.

I have an Ariva missing the front panel that has the model number on it, i thought it was a 150 and tried the clone method previously but i get ash now.
It may be a 120 or other model, any other way to confirm as stickers give nothing away?
Any ariva tools that might tell model number when connected with a null modem cable?
thanks

STB. wrote: »

The remote will tell you anyway tbh. See below.

ASH is temporary, Just means you flashed the wrong firmware. Its easily resoved with a null modem cable. 120 has a different upgrade tool to 150 as they are 2 different chipsets, M3602 and 3606. The method is the same though.

120

150

250

Thanks i think it is a 120 going by writing on the top of the unit, i dont have the remote.
I will try the clone method using a null modem with a 120 tomorrow.
Thanks

downwiththatsor wrote: »

Thanks i think it is a 120 going by writing on the top of the unit, i dont have the remote.
I will try the clone method using a null modem with a 120 tomorrow.
Thanks

Could be a 220 too. More likely to be a 120 though. They were more commonly sold. Only one way to find out

Firmware for 120 here

Firware Upgrade Tool for 120 here


Instructions for recovery with null modem cable.

Recovery instructions for ARIVA boxes temporarily bricked.

1. Download the latest firmware. Extract the .abs file from this zipped file to somewhere obvious (desktop for example).

2. Download the Erom Upgrade tool.

Extract the files.

3. Connect your PC from its serial port to the boxes R232 port using the Null modem cable. Make sure box is off at switch on back.

4. Double click the ArivaUpgrader.exe file that was extracted. It will pull up a dialog box. Select the Com port - default is 1. Baud Rate should be 115200. Parity=Even. Operate Mode= Upgrade. Include bootloader should be ticked.

Pick the software you extracted as per No.1 above in the browse bar.

Click next. Turn box on. Box will reboot when the file gets to 100%.

downwiththatsor wrote: »

Confident its a 120 now thanks, i find the cloning method with a null modem the quickest and easiest, i have done it many times with various models now.

Cloning ?

downwiththatsor wrote: »

Connect to box of same model type, keep box to be cloned / copied on then power up the box on which you wan to copy the firmware and channel list. After a few mins the process will be complete and you will have two identical box setups.

If you have another model of this box, could you not tell straight off what model it was ???:D

Cloning eh.

The box to box method is the handiest by far

Thargor wrote: »

Im getting a lot of stuttering on Saorview channels especially RTE 1, not an aerial problem as far as I can see, its more like when you try to watch a very HD video on a pc that doesnt have the specs to handle it, that kind of stutter. Turning the box on and off will fix it for a while but then it will start again another night, any clue what it might be? Satellite channels are perfect. Live pause/rewind is turned off so I doubt its a hdd issue...

This seems to be confined to RTE One now, everything else is perfect.

Is there any digital version of the "Fine Tune" option you used to have on analogue tuners?

Also is that version of RTE One the only one currently broadcasting? Is there an SD version I could try on Saorview or HD on a different frequency?

Thargor wrote: »

Im getting a lot of stuttering on Saorview channels especially RTE 1, not an aerial problem as far as I can see, its more like when you try to watch a very HD video on a pc that doesnt have the specs to handle it, that kind of stutter. Turning the box on and off will fix it for a while but then it will start again another night, any clue what it might be? Satellite channels are perfect. Live pause/rewind is turned off so I doubt its a hdd issue...

Adjusting the aerial seems to have resolved this thankfully, which is weird because I have perfect reception downstairs in a different room with a 2 foot length of cable from a broken aerial and the Ariva is connected to a massive aerial in the attic...

I put a terrabyte hdd in the parents Ariva for them to record to, theres about 660 GB used with 300 GB free according to both the Ariva and plugging it into my pc but whenever I try to record anything it just pops up a message saying "LIMIT: Can Not Record", does anyone know if that is the limit or whats the story?

Timeshift has been turned off since day one, I'm going to try moving it all to my laptop, reformatting it with the Ariva and then moving the files back, bit of a pain though.

CH4+1, E4+1 Film4+1 and More 4 moved to 10936 V 22000 5/6

My bad copied details from wrong post. It's 10936

(and it's not even Monday..:o)

If you post this in the 153 Thread I can post a file for you.

gabbo is coming wrote: »

Actually my arriva is the 153

Anyone got a setup file for it, with all the channels?

corkmans1 wrote: »

I bought an ARIVA 250 off the net second hand but starting to think I should have just purchased a new pre configured one .
-I can get most saorview channels but do not pick up RTE 2 (maybe the aerial as its an indoor cheap usb aerial).
-I have scanned for Satellite channels and get no BBC, Channel 4, UTV. I do get other channels such as CNN, challenge and shopping channels.

I really only want the BBCs , Chanel 4s, UTVs and saorview. I have updated the firmware but the channels I receive are still the same. I have tried satellites Astra 2a and Eurobird 1 and I am using a Sky dish.

Does someone have the channel list that I can install via USB or any other ideas on how to get the missing channels. Thanks.
Also if anyone can recommend a indoor aerial that may work better for the Saorview. I do use the same aerial on a TV with built in Saorview and it works fine. Thanks.

If you had Sky Q before you may need to change the LNB on the dish.

A blind scan should find ~950 channels. Either try your box on a known working, non Q dish or borrow a known working, non Q box and try it on your dish. That way you'll know if it is your dish or box at fault.

Surely if he's getting Challenge and a few others the dish is fine? There have been some times on the Ariva where I've had to set it to Eurobird in order to get Astra channels from a scan though.

Yeah but how often does that happen tbh? Not reason enough to go messing with the dish alignment or changing the LNB at this stage anyway, Id say its most likely the Eurobird/Astra issue, reset and rescan. Same for his Saorview issues, probably trying to use the existing settings from wherever it was posted, delete everything and start over.

Satellite boxes use tables of settings for each satellite. For convenience they use the sat names but in the end it's just a list of frequencies. Often these frequencies overlap between sats so that you will sometimes still get results even if using the wrong sat name. In this case Astra 2A and Eurobird 1 were both retired in mid 2015 so that shows how out of date your lists are. If no one can supply you with up to date info then the only option is to manually add the missing Transponder (TP) tuning details. Dave from freetv has some videos on his site for the 252 which I think is similar.
This site lists all the FTA channels info.
For example Channel 4 HD is on 11127 V 22000 5/6 DVB-S QPSK

corkmans1 wrote: »

Thanks very much Gerry, I will try this and if no luck will just purchase a new box that is set up. I really wanted to buy something cheap to begin with just to see was it okay moving from lets say RTE to BBC and this box seemed fine moving from RTE to other FTA channels so happy enough that to go and purchase a new one. Any suggestions on a box to get? and I suppose be better off to get it from fret as they are programmed and have channel list already applied.

Before you go off and buy a new box, have you checked if you can receive the missing channels on someone elses box? Can you borrow a box to check?

You could change the box and find that you still have the same problem.

Also, have you tried a scan on the other cable from the LNB that you should have had with Sky+?

Finally, if you go to Menu > Installation > Antenna Setup...... check that the LNB Frequency is set to "Universal (9750-10600)" and your Polarity is set to "Auto".

To be honest, I'd be looking at the LNB rather than the box.

corkmans1 wrote: »

Thanks, I understand what you mean, I will make sure the box is working before getting a second box.

I have manually added transponder mentioned by gerry "For example Channel 4 HD is on 11127 V 22000 5/6 DVB-S QPSK" and it said the transponder was already added. I searched this responder only and it said No Programs Found. I also checked 10714 H 22000 5/6 which was suppose to give channel 4 and this also said no channels found.
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Use the add a transponder function same freq and change the S/R to 22001 Or change the freq by one and use the same s/r etc