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

galait

Tony wrote: »

You can get this at www.ferguson.pl if you don't want to wait for the updated firmware

Thanks but is there a tool available that will allow me connect via serial and upload the FW so I can start using the box again , Maybe if it is available you could give me a direct link ,

Gerry Wicklow

galait wrote: »

I have just bricked mine , ...

ASH is the messge on the box.

Does that stand for "Ah Sh*t" or just that it's toasted? :D:D

Tony

Perhaps this might help http://www.ferguson-digital.eu/en/faq/general-questions/82-i-would-like-to-update-software-how-to-do-it.html

galait wrote: »

Thanks but is there a tool available that will allow me connect via serial and upload the FW so I can start using the box again , Maybe if it is available you could give me a direct link ,

galait

Got it going again , Using this upgrader

http://www.ferguson-digital.eu/en/download/func-startdown/777/

Cheers Lads

galait

willyb007 wrote: »

I am uploading my completed New Channel List & Favourites to here for anyone interested in downloading it. I have put a lot and lot of time in to compiling this just the way I want it. I have Channels organised in favourites also. The TV & Radio channels are based upon the order FTA Channels are listed on a S*y Box with a few exceptions. BBC & ITV Streams are also on this and have their own section in the favourites. If you choose to use it you might have to manually change name of the favourite groups on the combo box itself as the editor seems to have a glitch in that respect. Hope you will enjoy it if you choose to use it!

http://www.mediafire.com/?ffjsx0dixdpal49

PS: Bear in mind i am using the Carinn Hill Transmitter so you prob wont pick the Irish Channels up depending on where you are in the Country!

When copying your file USB to the box which option do you choose from the menu ?

galait

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

Does that stand for "Ah Sh*t" or just that it's toasted? :D:D

:rolleyes:

Tony

galait wrote: »

When copying your file USB to the box which option do you choose from the menu ?

what option from what menu page ?

Edit : theres a "how to" PDF in the firmware zip file

willyb007

galait wrote: »

When copying your file USB to the box which option do you choose from the menu ?

I think its called "Allcode + Bootloader".

galait

willyb007 wrote: »

I think its called "Allcode + Bootloader".

grand , basically I don't change anything just select the file and go for it , Cheers

willyb007

galait wrote: »

grand , basically I don't change anything just select the file and go for it , Cheers

Yes just to load, however if you want to back up your list select "Dump" instead of "Allcode + Bootloader". Just incase you make further changes to your list or if you have to add a new channel in the future.

s_gr

Any news on the new firmware- surely simple issue to fix as not on previous combos?

John mac

s_gr wrote: »

Any news on the new firmware- surely simple issue to fix as not on previous combos?

maybe read the thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=72794108&postcount=445

nodolan

There's a rough guide for Alieditor here:

http://sat666.yolasite.com/sat-posts/alieditor

Trevord

s_gr wrote: »

Any news on the new firmware- surely simple issue to fix as not on previous combos?

Grasshopper -

Patience is a virtue where bug fixes are concerned. A quick fix that doesn't fully resolve the problem can be more annoying than the original bug.

pissed

Any way to manually edit the Irish channels to match whichever transmitter you are receiving them from?

bmaxi

I've no Saorview channels tonight, was perfect this morning. Anyone know of problems at Mt. Leinster or should I suspect the box? Sat. is fine.

gman2k

bmaxi wrote: »

I've no Saorview channels tonight, was perfect this morning. Anyone know of problems at Mt. Leinster or should I suspect the box? Sat. is fine.

Saorview signal for me is perfect from MT. L tonight. (not using the combo box though)

bmaxi

Looks like it could be a problem with the box. Borrowed a tv and was able to pick up all the terrestrial stations. Did a rescan and a hard reboot of the box but no luck. Anyone any ideas?

pissed

I had a problem with my BBC HD channels before, still woulndt pick them up after a factory reset and rescan. Ended up flashing the box again with latest firmware and that done the trick. Its posted somewhere in this thread.

Kristopherus

Anyone know what transponder to get the Beeb streams on? Don't want to do a full re-scan and spend hours editing channels again:(

John mac

Kristopherus wrote: »

Anyone know what transponder to get the Beeb streams on? Don't want to do a full re-scan and spend hours editing channels again:(

have a look here,
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055520627

Dony

Tony quick question.
Do you know if the next batch of these you'll be selling will have the sync issues ironed out?

Gerry Wicklow

http://en.kingofsat.net/freqs.php?&pos=28.2E&standard=All&ordre=freq&filtre=Clear

This site is updated daily.

John mac

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

The above link is 2 years old!

http://en.kingofsat.net/freqs.php?&pos=28.2E&standard=All&ordre=freq&filtre=Clear

This site is updated daily.

no its not

Last edited by bk; 02-06-2011 at 01:57. Reason: Updated: 30.03.2011

bmaxi

I discovered what my problem is. Terrestrial channels will only play if scart is attached, once I reattached scart I had all the terrestrial channels.
I don't know why this is so, or if it should be so but it seems strange that an HD channel won't play over HDMI. I was hoping I could get rid of those troublesome, ugly scart cables.

Tony

terrestrial channels should appear over the HDMI connection. What message do you have on screen when you select a terrestrial chanel on the HDMI input to your tv ?

bmaxi wrote: »

I don't know why this is so, or if it should be so but it seems strange that an HD channel won't play over HDMI. I was hoping I could get rid of those troublesome, ugly scart cables.

Tony

The reason we are not selling them right now is beacause of the sync issue . We have stock right now and when thats resolved we will start selling again. If i'd have known (which i should have done) about the sync issue I would not have released the box .

Dony wrote: »

Tony quick question.
Do you know if the next batch of these you'll be selling will have the sync issues ironed out?

bmaxi

Tony wrote: »

terrestrial channels should appear over the HDMI connection. What message do you have on screen when you select a terrestrial chanel on the HDMI input to your tv ?

I tried it again with no scart attached. Picture and sound for about two seconds and then "no signal", it does seem strange, even to a layman that they wouldn't play over HDMI. I was wondering if it's a consequence of our well documented reception problems here in the South East but then why would they be perfect over scart?

Tony

Its not a reception issue . Is there another HDMI socket or another Tv with HDMI you can try ?

bmaxi wrote: »

I tried it again with no scart attached. Picture and sound for about two seconds and then "no signal", it does seem strange, even to a layman that they wouldn't play over HDMI. I was wondering if it's a consequence of our well documented reception problems here in the South East but then why would they be perfect over scart?

willyb007

Just wondering if this box will work with the Cyfra + Card? Anyone tried it?

nodolan

bmaxi wrote: »

I tried it again with no scart attached. Picture and sound for about two seconds and then "no signal", it does seem strange, even to a layman that they wouldn't play over HDMI. I was wondering if it's a consequence of our well documented reception problems here in the South East but then why would they be perfect over scart?

I wonder if it's the HDMI cable? There are different versions of HDMI aren't there? Tony?

Tony

nodolan wrote: »

I wonder if it's the HDMI cable? There are different versions of HDMI aren't there? Tony?

There are different versions but all should work no problem. I hope I'm wrong but it could be the HDMI socket is sending voltage back to the box which is messing it up.

swoofer

for the bbc streams use this

12441v, 27500, fec 2/3.

ok

gb0

nodolan

Tony wrote: »

There are different versions but all should work no problem. I hope I'm wrong but it could be the HDMI socket is sending voltage back to the box which is messing it up.

According to the specs this box is HDMI with HDCP so AFAIK either the cable or the TV might not be compatible - slap me if I'm just waffling :eek: - but I have a Philips BluRay player and a few weeks ago it downloaded an update and I couldn't use it with the old HDMI cable - luckily I had just bought a newer one and it worked fine with that.

Kristopherus

Tony wrote: »

There are different versions but all should work no problem. I hope I'm wrong but it could be the HDMI socket is sending voltage back to the box which is messing it up.

I have a v1.3 HDMI cable which I inserted into a Sammy Slimfit tv but it wouldnt transmit a signal either

Update: I played around with the System settings, I set the Video Output to YUV and that worked.

Taltos

Hi Tony

I too am interested in getting one of these from you when the sync issue is resolved.
My question though - will it work with a TV sender (composite) - as unfortunately where my TV is now there is only power and I have no way of getting cables (old house, long story).

Until I saw the issue above about terrestrial and connection type this never occured to me.

Thanks
T

Tony

I dont think this is the case here as he gets a picture for a few seconds and also the satellite is working no problem. The box outputs both in the same way.

nodolan wrote: »

According to the specs this box is HDMI with HDCP so AFAIK either the cable or the TV might not be compatible - slap me if I'm just waffling :eek: - but I have a Philips BluRay player and a few weeks ago it downloaded an update and I couldn't use it with the old HDMI cable - luckily I had just bought a newer one and it worked fine with that.

Tony

It has a scart output if your sender accepts that or you could get a scart to video/audio phono cable.

Taltos wrote: »

Hi Tony

I too am interested in getting one of these from you when the sync issue is resolved.
My question though - will it work with a TV sender (composite) - as unfortunately where my TV is now there is only power and I have no way of getting cables (old house, long story).

Until I saw the issue above about terrestrial and connection type this never occured to me.

Thanks
T

bmaxi

Tony wrote: »

Its not a reception issue . Is there another HDMI socket or another Tv with HDMI you can try ?

I've tried it with two other TVs with the same result. Interestingly, one of the TVs has an inbuilt HD terrestrial tuner and it is having difficulty with Saorview as well, the other just has a Freeview HD box through scart and all channels are perfect,

Tony

If it was a reception issue though the terrestrials should not show up on the scart input.

bmaxi wrote: »

I've tried it with two other TVs with the same result. Interestingly, one of the TVs has an inbuilt HD terrestrial tuner and it is having difficulty with Saorview as well, the other just has a Freeview HD box through scart and all channels are perfect,

bmaxi

Tony wrote: »

If it was a reception issue though the terrestrials should not show up on the scart input.

Had a look in the set up. With HDMI connected CH 45 is not showing at all, CH39 is showing at 80/68%. With scart, CH 45 is at 80/78% and CH 39 at 80/68%.

Tony

If you connect the HDMI lead without connecting it to the Tv does Ch 45 appear via the scart ?

bmaxi wrote: »

Had a look in the set up. With HDMI connected CH 45 is not showing at all, CH39 is showing at 80/68%. With scart, CH 45 is at 80/78% and CH 39 at 80/68%.

bmaxi

Tony wrote: »

If you connect the HDMI lead without connecting it to the Tv does Ch 45 appear via the scart ?

If you mean with scart connected to box and TV and HDMI connected just to the box then yes, 80/90%.

Tony

bmaxi wrote: »

If you mean with scart connected to box and TV and HDMI connected just to the box then yes, 80/90%.

Ok so we know the HDMI cable is not shorting out, and with box scart and hdmi connected to tv does ch45 still appear on the scart input ?

bmaxi

Tony wrote: »

Ok so we know the HDMI cable is not shorting out, and with box scart and hdmi connected to tv does ch45 still appear on the scart input ?

Do you mean all connections made or with HDMI disconnected from box?

If I just have the HDMI cable connected to the TV and scart connected to both, CH 45 is still there, if I reconnect HDMI to box it disappears.

Tony

bmaxi wrote: »

Do you mean all connections made or with HDMI disconnected from box?

If I just have the HDMI cable connected to the TV and scart connected to both, CH 45 is still there, if I reconnect HDMI to box it disappears.

I meant with all connections made . When the terrestrial signal disappears I take it you can still get satellite channels via HDMI ?

darth_maul

bmaxi wrote: »

Do you mean all connections made or with HDMI disconnected from box?

If I just have the HDMI cable connected to the TV and scart connected to both, CH 45 is still there, if I reconnect HDMI to box it disappears.

When you say reconnect HDMI are you then switching the TV to the HDMI input,

From what it sounds to me you have both Scart and HDMI connected, but viewing through an AV scart input, I would say that the box probably turns off Scart when the HDMI is connected. when you connect the HDMI try switching the TV to a HDMI input on TV using the source button on the TV remote or unplug scart. (why have you got the scart connected if you have a TV with HDMI??)

bmaxi

Tony wrote: »

I meant with all connections made . When the terrestrial signal disappears I take it you can still get satellite channels via HDMI ?

Yes

bmaxi

darth_maul wrote: »

When you say reconnect HDMI are you then switching the TV to the HDMI input,

From what it sounds to me you have both Scart and HDMI connected, but viewing through an AV scart input, I would say that the box probably turns off Scart when the HDMI is connected. when you connect the HDMI try switching the TV to a HDMI input on TV using the source button on the TV remote or unplug scart. (why have you got the scart connected if you have a TV with HDMI??)

I have changed the source to HDMI. I connected scart when I couldn't get Saorview on HDMI, at that time I disconnected HDMI.

lucernarian

I have read a couple of threads on the UK forums where people were unable to receive one of the Freeview multiplexes when a particular DVD recorder was plugged into the TV with a HDMI cable.

Remarkable stuff.

Can anyone else in the Mt. Leinster area check this out?