Ferguson Ariva HD combo and CH4 HD Tuning

eoinlredmond

Hi,

I'd be grateful if anybody could help me out with the following...

I recently lost CH4 HD on my Ariva maybe because it moved to Astra 1N?

Anyway I am unable to tune it in - Astra 1N is not listed as a pre-programmed Satellite.

Anybody got any ideas?

Eoin

Trevord

On one of the menus (installation I think) you should see an option about half way down the loist called TP scan or individual transponder (can't remember exactly).

If you select that then you will find an option called add. When you select that you can type in frequency info and then you should scan. After that you should see the signal bar move up to 70 or 80% and the channel will be found.

Kristopherus

I'm getting it on my Ariva at 11127mhz, V, 21997.

eoinlredmond

Kristopherus wrote: »

I'm getting it on my Ariva at 11127mhz, V, 21997.

Nice one Kristopherus - that worked a treat!

Anthonyk2010

Seem to have lost some of my eurobird channels. True movies, drama and one or two more. There gone a while.
Have they changed frequencies

Should i be picking up both astra and eurobird?

Gerry Wicklow

Anthonyk2010 wrote: »

Seem to have lost some of my eurobird channels. True movies, drama and one or two more. There gone a while.
Have they changed frequencies

Should i be picking up both astra and eurobird?

Astra 2A, 2B, 2D, 1N and Eurobird 1 are more or less in the same part of the sky so your dish pick up the signals from them all at the same time.
Check this site for any changes to frequencies. Very recent changes are usually highlighted in red.
http://en.kingofsat.net/freqs.php?&pos=28.2E&standard=All&ordre=freq&filtre=Clear

True Movies, etc are on 11307.00 V DVB-S QPSK 27500 2/3

Dony

On my ariva I did the new scan for channel4 hd but I'm getting a 'fail'
message when it tries to tune it in?
I'm certain I entered the correct values etc. Its showing a strong signal level for this TP.
Any ideas?

dowtchaboy

Dony wrote: »

On my ariva I did the new scan for channel4 hd but I'm getting a 'fail'
message when it tries to tune it in?
I'm certain I entered the correct values etc. Its showing a strong signal level for this TP.
Any ideas?

Was up with The Brother yesterday and was admiring his Ariva - along with his Sony Bravia the quality of the picture on HD was stunning. I thought I had seen excellent picture quality before - but this was almost 3 dimensional!
However he's having the same problem - cannot get Ch4 HD at the new frequency. We tried everything we could find on boards and DSpy but nothing shows up.
The other channels on Astra 1N (5 USa etc) are coming in fine.

Tony

dowtchaboy wrote: »

We tried everything we could find on boards and DSpy but nothing shows up.

So you did not find the firmware with channel list ?

FRIENDO

Ariva HD Combo
C4HD
Add TP
Frequency 11127
Symbol Rate 22000
Polarity Vertical
Transmission DVB-S2
FEC 2/3
Modulation 8PSK
Pilot ON

Enjoy

dowtchaboy

FRIENDO wrote: »

Ariva HD Combo
C4HD
Add TP
Frequency 11127
Symbol Rate 22000
Polarity Vertical
Transmission DVB-S2
FEC 2/3
Modulation 8PSK
Pilot ON

Enjoy

Thanks - however we tried this already but no joy. Haven't done the firmware upgrade yet though. Ariva was bought about 6 months ago (from Tony), and, I think, has not been firmware updated since. (it's not mine to mess with!)

fmul9798

Double check pilot = ON
That seems to be the main blocker to getting this on the Ariva

dharn

new question to all you knowledgeable people here, cant make up my mind whether to get a sky hd box ,a freesat box, or a free to air box im new to sattelite and have just bought hd tv ,so looking to expand the number of hd chanells available will the sky box restrict the number of chanels i can pick up by trying say astra or euro bird sats

Dony

fmul9798 wrote: »

Double check pilot = ON
That seems to be the main blocker to getting this on the Ariva

Still haven't got this to work.
Where is the Pilot = ON option can't see it in the tuning menu.
On my box in the 'Add TP' option I only get three options -frequency, symbol rate, and polarity.

Bought this box a couple of months ago off Tony.
I haven't done a firmware upgrade. Do I need to?
If so, can some someone link me to a 'how to'
Ta

Tony

Dony wrote: »

If so, can some someone link me to a 'how to'
Ta

Click on my name on the left and then click on "find more posts by" I've posted this info up several times in the ariva bargain alert thread.

Dony

Tony wrote: »

Click on my name on the left and then click on "find more posts by" I've posted this info up several times in the ariva bargain alert thread.

On the ariva users thread, should I go with your post #47 or a later firmware posted on #170 in the thread?
Is a firmware upgrade stopping me from getting 4HD?
I'd prefer not to upgrade unless I have to.

Tony

Dony wrote: »

Is a firmware upgrade stopping me from getting 4HD?

No

FRIENDO

dharn wrote: »

new question to all you knowledgeable people here, cant make up my mind whether to get a sky hd box ,a freesat box, or a free to air box im new to sattelite and have just bought hd tv ,so looking to expand the number of hd chanells available will the sky box restrict the number of chanels i can pick up by trying say astra or euro bird sats

Hi dharn,
Wrong thread for this Q.
However is your new Tv Saorview compatiable
Do you have a tv aerial
A Freesat HD stb would mean no more bills and at the moment offers 5 HD channels BBC HD, BBC One HD, ITV HD, Channel 4 HD and NHK HD, you can also get RTE 2 HD on Saorview. (so 6 HD in total for free)
satellite.ie and freesat.ie are two good shop sites to look at for prices.

Please bring your answer to a new thread.

dharn

thanks for your answer friendo, which thread do you recon i should look at? as this is a mixture of satellite and terrestrial question

martin12

Having problems tuning 11740 to 12460 Symbol Rate 29500 no signal anyone found a solution

Tony

If I'm not mistaken hes suggesting you start a new thread of your own.

FRIENDO wrote: »

Please bring your answer to a new thread.

dharn wrote: »

thanks for your answer friendo, which thread do you recon i should look at? as this is a mixture of satellite and terrestrial question

dowtchaboy

fmul9798 wrote: »

Double check pilot = ON
That seems to be the main blocker to getting this on the Ariva

Thanks - that seems to be important all right - it's now working.

Dony

Where is the pilot = ON menu/option?
Can't see it anywhere.

FRIENDO

Dony wrote: »

Where is the pilot = ON menu/option?
Can't see it anywhere.

Hi Dony.
The Ferguson Ariva HD Combo
Press Menu
Go to Installation Press OK button on control
Select satellite TP setup
Press Yellow button Add TP
Frequency 11127 (You will have to enter all the following values or scroll side ways.)
Symbol rate 22000
Polarity Vertical
Transmission DVB-S2
FEC 2/3
Modulation 8PSK
Pilot ON (important)

I hope this helps.