Bargain Alert: New Ferguson HD DTT/Sat Combo Box - €63 before postage

Compton · 02-12-2011 1:58pm

justsomebloke wrote: »

Just in case anyone is thinking of getting one of these from Satworld as a present for someone I'd try and avoid it.

Ordered last friday with their next day delivery and only received it today. Also the box was battered to hell, so much so that I'm actually going to have to unpack it and try and use it this evening to make sure it isn't borked.

Also they only came in stock everywhere in the last 2 days so thats probably why u only go it today...
on satsklep again too for like 66 quid

Tony · 02-12-2011 2:02pm

Yeah thats true, sounds like this was a pre order and not next day delivery.

shblob wrote: »

Also they only came in stock everywhere in the last 2 days so thats probably why u only go it today...
on satsklep again too for like 66 quid

Tony · 02-12-2011 2:35pm

Heres a revised firmware file with the New Ch5 channels included http://www.mediafire.com/?dvkyshscsjvcq6o

how to guide (a must read) , ignore the unzipping part, file is already unzipped http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ji0kdvqodn3v07i

NUTZZ · 02-12-2011 3:56pm

Tony wrote: »

Heres a revised firmware file with the New Ch5 channels included http://www.mediafire.com/?dvkyshscsjvcq6o

Does that also have the new Channel 4 HD frequency for people who were unable to manually add it Tony?

Tony · 02-12-2011 4:04pm

NUTZZ wrote: »

Does that also have the new Channel 4 HD frequency for people who were unable to manually add it Tony?

No I took that out

Read the top of the page above your post

NUTZZ · 02-12-2011 4:05pm

Tony wrote: »

No I took that out Read the top of the page above your post

Did not see that post at the top of the page!

Tony · 02-12-2011 4:06pm

NUTZZ wrote: »

Did not see that post at the top of the page!

Not a problem, I do that a lot myself

justsomebloke · 02-12-2011 4:17pm

shblob wrote: »

Or you could have contacted them directly to get the unit replaced...

I have contacted them and am awaiting their reply. However in all my experience of buying stuff on line I have never had something come to me in as bad as state as this, and in terms of distance this has probably had one of the shortest distances a package has had to travel to get to me.

shblob wrote: »

Also they only came in stock everywhere in the last 2 days so thats probably why u only go it today...
on satsklep again too for like 66 quid

When I ordered there was no indication that this was out of stock as it is one thing I checked and if they did then find out it was out of stock they didn't bother conveying this to myself.

Tony wrote: »

Perhaps the courier messed it up but I'm sure the guys there will do their utmost to put this right,they are a very reputable company. What did they say when you contacted them ?

Oh I have no doubts they are a reputable company and I'm sure a lot of people are quite happy with their service, however I wanted to support an Irish company when buying this and this is why I didn't just order off satsklep, however in my case buying Irish seems to have been a bad decision. As I'm now in the run up to christmas with something that arrived later then I was expecting and now I will have to wait even longer to get a replacement.

Tony · 02-12-2011 4:33pm

justsomebloke wrote: »

I
When I ordered there was no indication that this was out of stock

I'm sorry but thats just plain wrong, it was very clear on the page that it was a pre order and I say this as a competitor of theirs.

Having said that of course it should have arrived in much better condition.

STB · 02-12-2011 4:42pm

justsomebloke wrote: »

However in my case buying Irish seems to have been a bad decision. As I'm now in the run up to christmas with something that arrived later then I was expecting and now I will have to wait even longer to get a replacement.

Is it broken ? Or is it just the state of its arrival ?

They have a drop in shop in Kimmage.........

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Tony wrote: »

I'm sorry but thats just plain wrong, it was very clear on the page that it was a pre order and I say this as a competitor of theirs.

Having said that of course it should have arrived in much better condition.

Yep saw that myself, They were selling at the start of the week pre order for €85. Noow gone back up to €95 (since stock came in, no doubt).

Compton · 02-12-2011 4:45pm

Is the unit damaged or just the box? really if you ring them they are helpful, I always buy instore though.. Maybe they can just send out a box or something?

Compton · 02-12-2011 4:47pm

Tony wrote: »

I'm sorry but thats just plain wrong, it was very clear on the page that it was a pre order and I say this as a competitor of theirs.

Having said that of course it should have arrived in much better condition.

Yep, Im pretty sure it had a huge OUT OF STOCK in red!! as well as some more info until wednesday or yesterday

I agree about the condition though, again, try ringing them.

Tony · 02-12-2011 4:51pm

STB wrote: »

Is Noow gone back up to €95 (since stock came in, no doubt).

Yep with 8.50 shipping though

I wonder should I drop the price and put up the shipping, do it the Ebay way

Compton · 02-12-2011 4:55pm

tony do you have any spare remotes for the 120?

Tony · 02-12-2011 5:01pm

shblob wrote: »

tony do you have any spare remotes for the 120?

Afraid not right now

coxyboy · 02-12-2011 5:03pm

got 1 today from satworld.two holes in packaging.will set it up tonight main receiver seems fine.i also when ordering it took it as next day delivery.rang and e-mailed them they told me it was a pre-order.didnt see that when i placed my order

mjsmyth · 02-12-2011 5:15pm

@shlob I use a Logitech Harmony remote with mine, you could try this one: http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/catalog_v2.cgi?type=product&id=28326

It's not the same as mine, but I would imagine it should work.

MJ

jay5296 · 02-12-2011 6:03pm

If i update my firmware version be it stock or patch version will i lose my channel line up?

Tony · 02-12-2011 8:15pm

jay5296 wrote: »

If i update my firmware version be it stock or patch version will i lose my channel line up?

Yes unless the firmware you use had a channel list already built in.

Tango One · 02-12-2011 8:40pm

Tony wrote: »

Heres a revised firmware file with the New Ch5 channels included http://www.mediafire.com/?dvkyshscsjvcq6o

how to guide (a must read) , ignore the unzipping part, file is already unzipped http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ji0kdvqodn3v07i

Thanks Tony, the terrestrial seem to be missing from your channel lineup?

Tony · 02-12-2011 8:43pm

Tango One wrote: »

Thanks Tony, the terrestrial seem to be missing from your channel lineup?

Yes of course it is

Tango One · 02-12-2011 8:49pm

OK so just the last firmware update I got from yourself had three rock all ready to rock and roll. If I scan when its connect should I be able to slot them in the 1,2 3 etc slots handy enough?
Cheers

almighty1 · 03-12-2011 9:20am

Tango One wrote: »

OK so just the last firmware update I got from yourself had three rock all ready to rock and roll. If I scan when its connect should I be able to slot them in the 1,2 3 etc slots handy enough?
Cheers

They will automatically be added to the end of the list. You can then move them easily to the 1,2,3 slots using the menu.

PeterDuggan · 03-12-2011 10:49am

Tony wrote: »

Heres a revised firmware file with the New Ch5 channels included http://www.mediafire.com/?dvkyshscsjvcq6o

how to guide (a must read) , ignore the unzipping part, file is already unzipped http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ji0kdvqodn3v07i

Thanks Tony. I'm getting audio but no video on RTE1+1. Mind you it was happening before I installed the firmware upgrade above. Any ideas?

Tony · 03-12-2011 12:38pm

PeterDuggan wrote: »

Thanks Tony. I'm getting audio but no video on RTE1+1. Mind you it was happening before I installed the firmware upgrade above. Any ideas?

Think someone had a fix for this earlier in the thread. I've not seen the problem myself

PeterDuggan · 03-12-2011 1:33pm

Tony wrote: »

Think someone had a fix for this earlier in the thread. I've not seen the problem myself

Thanks Tony. I've searched but I don't see any fix.

Tony · 03-12-2011 1:42pm

PeterDuggan wrote: »

Thanks Tony. I've searched but I don't see any fix.

Think you had to delete all the terrestrial tv and radio channels and then search after 7pm

bmaxi · 03-12-2011 2:18pm

Tony wrote: »

Think you had to delete all the terrestrial tv and radio channels and then search after 7pm

I've followed the fix, and yes I got RTE1+1 but I lost RTE Jnr, then I scanned before 7pm and got RTE Jnr but lost RTE1+1 and so it goes on. I have never had the two channels at the same time.

Tony · 03-12-2011 3:03pm

May I ask what transmitter you are on ?

bmaxi wrote: »

I've followed the fix, and yes I got RTE1+1 but I lost RTE Jnr, then I scanned before 7pm and got RTE Jnr but lost RTE1+1 and so it goes on. I have never had the two channels at the same time.

bmaxi · 03-12-2011 3:16pm

Tony wrote: »

May I ask what transmitter you are on ?

Mt. Leinster

Tony · 03-12-2011 4:03pm

bmaxi wrote: »

Mt. Leinster

Ok Thanks, I'm on 3 rock so afraid I can't make up a firmware file for you

Shannon_Gaels · 03-12-2011 6:10pm

Tony wrote: »

Ok Thanks, I'm on 3 rock so afraid I can't make up a firmware file for you

Hi I am on the Mahera Transmitter and have this issue for ages, it only happened after the last two firmware upgrades.

I emailed fergurson twice about this but nothing back.

Could the other folks who have this issue highlight it to fergurson aswell.

i would say it would be an easy thing for them to fix. it would be great to have it fixed. i have young kids and its a nuisance as i have to lose rte 1 +1 in order to have rte jnr and vice versa

Also Tony i uploaded the last channel list but i notice that you only use astra 2a , this doesnt cover all the uk free to air channnels does it ?
eg bbc 3 bbc 4 and some of the news channels,

thanks

Tony · 03-12-2011 6:22pm

?? Those channels are on that list are they not?

Shannon_Gaels wrote: »

H
eg bbc 3 bbc 4 and some of the news channels,

thanks

chordtype · 03-12-2011 8:31pm

Apologies if this is in the wrong place but I've just ordered one of these and have a quick question.

I plan on using my Sky satellite dish for the British stations but I've already used all four outputs (or inputs I don't really know) on the actual dish.

Are there any splitters etc that I could use to get around this?

Compton · 03-12-2011 8:38pm

Nope there are no splitters but you can get an Octo LNB with 8 outputs like

http://www.satellite.ie/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww.satellite.ie%2f&WD=octo&PN=Octo__Eight_output_LNB_for_sky_mini_dish.html%23aOcto_20Sky#aOcto_20Sky

http://satworld.ie/product-info.php?Sky_Freesat_Octo_LNB_8_Outputs-pid175.html

etc..

chordtype · 03-12-2011 8:42pm

Much appreciated.

Compton · 03-12-2011 8:45pm

No problem, if you have the old style MK3 dish you will need an additional adapter. Legacy I think its called.

PeterDuggan · 04-12-2011 2:28am

Tony wrote: »

Think you had to delete all the terrestrial tv and radio channels and then search after 7pm

Thanks Tony. That worked.

Shannon_Gaels · 04-12-2011 1:54pm

PeterDuggan wrote: »

Thanks Tony. That worked.

Hi peter

Could you check during the week if RTE Jnr is now sound and no picture since you did the re-scan

thanks

PeterDuggan · 04-12-2011 1:58pm

Shannon_Gaels wrote: »

Could you check during the week if RTE Jnr is now sound and no picture since you did the re-scan

Yes it is.

Tony · 04-12-2011 2:44pm

chordtype wrote: »

Are there any splitters etc that I could use to get around this?

No the only way to do this is to change the lnb to an octo, ie 8 output

Tony · 04-12-2011 5:02pm

Tony wrote: »

?? Those channels are on that list are they not?

@Shannon Those channels (bbc3/4) currenyly appear on cbbc cbeebies but I'll make another list with them as a separate entry.

b318isp · 05-12-2011 1:02pm

Anyone know a way to get the PVR function to resume? If playback is interrupted for any reason (e.g. timer start, change of display settings, stop playback to check a live broadcast) then playback restarts from the beginning which is a PITA.

Zab · 05-12-2011 2:30pm

I don't know but you can seek though. After you hit info it's one of the coloured buttons followed by the left or right arrow.

b318isp · 05-12-2011 3:22pm

Zab wrote: »

I don't know but you can seek though. After you hit info it's one of the coloured buttons followed by the left or right arrow.

I'm currently using the jump function.

Zab · 05-12-2011 8:40pm

Okay, that's what I meant. I thought you were being forced to watch it from the start.

Shannon_Gaels · 06-12-2011 11:02pm

Tony wrote: »

@Shannon Those channels (bbc3/4) currenyly appear on cbbc cbeebies but I'll make another list with them as a separate entry.

Thanks Tony

applewoodgo · 09-12-2011 5:52pm

New Ferguson 120 Firmware Upgrade released today.

http://www.ferguson-digital.eu/en/download/HD-Satellite-Receivers/ariva-120-combo/

dulpit · 10-12-2011 1:53pm

applewoodgo wrote: »

New Ferguson 120 Firmware Upgrade released today.

http://www.ferguson-digital.eu/en/download/HD-Satellite-Receivers/ariva-120-combo/

Do we know what improvements it contains?

Tony · 10-12-2011 1:54pm

dulpit wrote: »

Do we know what improvements it contains?

AFAIK it has some you tube functionality

Bargain Alert: New Ferguson HD DTT/Sat Combo Box - €63 before postage

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