Tiviar Alpha Plus Combo STB

greasepalm

Does abm need an update as what version is running on your box.
Scanning the saorview service are you like clear old info before scanning for new services.

Gooey Looey

greasepalm wrote: »

Does abm need an update as what version is running on your box.
Scanning the saorview service are you like clear old info before scanning for new services.

I don't have access to the box it's at my mams but scanning adds the channels with the new frequencies but ABM undoes this the next time it runs

john_doe.

Gooey Looey wrote: »

I don't have access to the box it's at my mams but scanning adds the channels with the new frequencies but ABM undoes this the next time it runs

Ah is that what's happening.

How to fix that so be my next question .
Using the original image from THHB.

Gooey Looey

john_doe. wrote: »

Ah is that what's happening.

How to fix that so be my next question .
Using the original image from THHB.

You can disable ABM automatic scans until you find a fix

Johnboy1951

Gooey Looey wrote: »

I don't have access to the box it's at my mams but scanning adds the channels with the new frequencies but ABM undoes this the next time it runs

Can the terrestrial channels be omitted from this scanning?
They so rarely change it is easy to do it manually ..... or else let ABM do it once only.

Gooey Looey

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Can the terrestrial channels be omitted from this scanning?
They so rarely change it is easy to do it manually ..... or else let ABM do it once only.

Yeah I must look into maybe ignoring Saorview updates, I may have to move Saorview to the bottom of the bouquet list like favourites

greasepalm

Abm can be setup to what you command it,what version is your abm on?

Gooey Looey

greasepalm wrote: »

Abm can be setup to what you command it,what version is your abm on?

I don't have access to the box ATM, it's at my mams

kindalen

My box has become very very slow to respond when changing channel or any use of remote. It is the same using a remote app.

Any ideas on how to resolve issue??

Thanks.

Gooey Looey

kindalen wrote: »

My box has become very very slow to respond when changing channel or any use of remote. It is the same using a remote app.

Any ideas on how to resolve issue??

Thanks.

First thing to check is where is CrossEPG saving the EPG, it needs to be on storage not local flash. Then check how much storage space you have left, or if timeshift is saving at all times filling your storage

kindalen

Problem solved. Thanks.

kindalen

My issue was Xtream TV plugin, once removed I reflashed box all is perfect.

However I need the Xtream TV plugin for IPTV, any ideas on a workaround?

Thanks.

habeus corpus

I've been running Open ATV on my Tiviar for quite a while now completely satisfactorily. Recordings, picons, HDD, usb stick etc. all running without a hitch. In recent days I've suddenly lost my terrestrial channels (Three rock transmitter). I don't want to risk upsetting my set up unnecessarily so I am asking for some advise. It seems to me I have two choices;
-- run a manual rescan of the terrestrial tuner. or
-- run ABM.
Any advise would be much appreciated.

Cheers and regards to all forum members.

NewClareman

habeus corpus wrote: »

I've been running Open ATV on my Tiviar for quite a while now completely satisfactorily. Recordings, picons, HDD, usb stick etc. all running without a hitch. In recent days I've suddenly lost my terrestrial channels (Three rock transmitter). I don't want to risk upsetting my set up unnecessarily so I am asking for some advise. It seems to me I have two choices;
-- run a manual rescan of the terrestrial tuner. or
-- run ABM.
Any advise would be much appreciated.

Cheers and regards to all forum members.

It depends on whether you are using ABM. If so, update the service providers in ABM and rescan. That should be all you need to do.

Otherwise do a manual rescan.

Alfie Tupper

john_doe. wrote: »

Ah is that what's happening.

How to fix that so be my next question .
Using the original image from THHB.

I tried this last night and it seems to have worked


menu
setup
service searching
Autobouquetsmaker
UpdateProviderFiles


You should get a message saying
"Saorview was updated"
At least I did and "viewer advisory" hasn't been seen since.

habeus corpus

Cheers,

Everything back to normal.

Thanks for the response.

datcat

Apologies if this is not specific to Tiviar. Saorview frequencies have changed, at least for Crosshaven, Cork. I did both an automatic and a manual scan and they find all the radio channels and all the terrestrial TV channels except RTE 1.

I've found some suggestions that a factory reset, or maybe reflashing the image might be the next step.

Anybody had any experience like this on the Tiviar?

greasepalm

Never factory reset enigma2 boxes as that can cause grief.
Did you try post 2168.
Nobody ever say how old their image is or whether you need to reflash a newer image or not.
Best to say what version of image you are using.Menu-System info=??

FastFullBack

datcat wrote: »

Apologies if this is not specific to Tiviar. Saorview frequencies have changed, at least for Crosshaven, Cork. I did both an automatic and a manual scan and they find all the radio channels and all the terrestrial TV channels except RTE 1.

I've found some suggestions that a factory reset, or maybe reflashing the image might be the next step.

Anybody had any experience like this on the Tiviar?

Yes I had issues in Cork as well. Seems the autoscans werent picking up the channel for RTE1. I had to do a manual scan and pick the option to specify which channel. I then picked channel 39 which is where RTE 1 is on Spur Hill.

FastFullBack

Here's an image of what I scanned

datcat

Thanks Greasepalm and FastFullBack. I am not allowed at the box at the moment. I'll try tomorrow.

physioman

FastFullBack wrote: »

Yes I had issues in Cork as well. Seems the autoscans werent picking up the channel for RTE1. I had to do a manual scan and pick the option to specify which channel. I then picked channel 39 which is where RTE 1 is on Spur Hill.

Thanks for that. Couldn't figure it out all evening and this sorted it

datcat

FastFullBack wrote: »

Yes I had issues in Cork as well. Seems the autoscans werent picking up the channel for RTE1. I had to do a manual scan and pick the option to specify which channel. I then picked channel 39 which is where RTE 1 is on Spur Hill.

System Info says OpenATV 6.1

It is running Open ATV 6.1

I tried to attach a photo but it does not seem to upload. I think Boards restricts images and links for me.

Anyway, I tried tuning it like in your photo, I changed the channel from 21 to 39 but it did not find anything. I'm guessing that channel 21 is for Crosshaven and channel 39 for Spur Hill?

I will try Saorview support. I was waiting an hour on their chat support queue last night but they closed it. I'll ask them which channel I should use. If they give me details about frequencies etc. can I set up RTE1 manually?

swoofer

I had a look on saorview and put in Crosshaven and got this. You can use eircode as well.

Crosshaven

Channels (before Sept): 46, 56
Channels (after Sept): 46, 41
Polarization: V

No mention of ch39!!

You may need to tweak aerial. I have 6.1 as well but in Clare. Have you set tuner for crosshaven?

greasepalm

Atv 6.1 is ancient as the latest is 6.3 or 6.4.scroll back through the threads as might have mentioned a later image.
Nothing to do with aerial but info on the box is wrong and now incorrect is why people now have issues.

NewClareman

greasepalm wrote: »

Atv 6.1 is ancient as the latest is 6.3 or 6.4.scroll back through the threads as might have mentioned a later image.
Nothing to do with aerial but info on the box is wrong and now incorrect is why people now have issues.

The version of software shouldn’t matter, once it is stable and hasn’t become corrupted. I wouldn’t update unless I was having issues, such as the box crashing. (If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.)

Having said that, OpenATV 6.3 is now working well on the Tiviar. However, it doesn’t update seamlessly and some settings have to be managed manually.

datcat

swoofer wrote: »

I had a look on saorview and put in Crosshaven and got this. You can use eircode as well.

Crosshaven

Channels (before Sept): 46, 56
Channels (after Sept): 46, 41
Polarization: V

No mention of ch39!!

You may need to tweak aerial. I have 6.1 as well but in Clare. Have you set tuner for crosshaven?

Scanning channel 41 found RTE1 for me. I'm sorted, and more importantly the RTE1 fan here is happy.

Thanks swoofer, and thanks everyone for all the suggestions.

logonmar

Totally screwed up my settings (long story!) and managed to flash it so am now quite happy with my new setup but 2 things I'd like to have, that would make it more, or less, a perfect setup for me
1. Has anyone figured how to get the BBC iPlayer in E2iStream to work? Other streams work but not BBC iPlayer. I get a 'No Valid Links' error message. I don't think it is geo blocking issue as I saw where some UK users got that message plus I have VPN. Would be great to get BBC iPlayer working on Tiviar
2. Picons are a bit fuzzy/pixilated so wondering if anyone has a link to good quality picons

a clanger

logonmar wrote: »

Totally screwed up my settings (long story!) and managed to flash it so am now quite happy with my new setup but 2 things I'd like to have, that would make it more, or less, a perfect setup for me
1. Has anyone figured how to get the BBC iPlayer in E2iStream to work? Other streams work but not BBC iPlayer. I get a 'No Valid Links' error message. I don't think it is geo blocking issue as I saw where some UK users got that message plus I have VPN. Would be great to get BBC iPlayer working on Tiviar
2. Picons are a bit fuzzy/pixilated so wondering if anyone has a link to good quality picons

What VPN are you using just as a matter of interest ?

logonmar

a clanger wrote: »

What VPN are you using just as a matter of interest ?

Using CyberGhost VPN

Can anyone help on this one. Have a Tivair box that worked perfectly with a aerial feed and two satellite cables. Since then moved house. Right now just an aerial. Have all uk and Irish stations on a smart tv in the bedroom. Have perfect Irish stations in Tivair box. No sound on english chanels but perfect picture. At a loss as to how to resolve?

greasepalm

Try pressing audio button and select a different stream

CianCollins

Wondering if anyone can help recently got the Tiviar Alpha+ and have satellite and aerial connected up and initially all the satellite channels came up but not all saorview, I factory reset it and I was able to get Saorview channel including RTÉ 1 through Autobouquet but now none of the English satellite channels and they are not displaying on autobouquet.

I regret going near the factory reset whole layout after changing, the instruction online don’t seem anything to go by, does anybody know or have good step to step guide to get the best out of the Tiviar box ?

a clanger

Have you tried reading This!!!

greasepalm

Start reading the first few posts as he shows what and how to set it up again ,Never factory reset these boxes as it just brings up more issues.Sounds like your bouquets might need to be setup correctly.

CianCollins

greasepalm wrote: »

Start reading the first few posts as he shows what and how to set it up again ,Never factory reset these boxes as it just brings up more issues.Sounds like your bouquets might need to be setup correctly.

That’s what I’m trying to figure out to add them to bouquets at the moment there is just Saorview and Freeview Uk in bouquets.

I can’t seem to receive Uk channels through Freeview, any idea how I can add them in?

dulpit

CianCollins wrote: »

That’s what I’m trying to figure out to add them to bouquets at the moment there is just Saorview and Freeview Uk in bouquets.

I can’t seem to receive Uk channels through Freeview, any idea how I can add them in?

Freeview = terrestrial channels (i.e. the same as Saorview). So this will need an aerial and you'll need to be close to the border or on east coast. For the satellite feed you need to use Freesat or Sky UK. My tip is to use Sky UK, and make sure it skips encrypted channels. I find the Sky ordering more useful than Freesat, but up to you. Either should work fine.

CianCollins

dulpit wrote: »

Freeview = terrestrial channels (i.e. the same as Saorview). So this will need an aerial and you'll need to be close to the border or on east coast. For the satellite feed you need to use Freesat or Sky UK. My tip is to use Sky UK, and make sure it skips encrypted channels. I find the Sky ordering more useful than Freesat, but up to you. Either should work fine.

Thanks for reply, Any idea how I can get free sat channels added to bouquet they were there prior to factory reset now no sign of them?

dulpit

CianCollins wrote: »

Thanks for reply, Any idea how I can get free sat channels added to bouquet they were there prior to factory reset now no sign of them?

I don't have same box as you, but approach should be the same. My tuners are set up so that A and B are satellite pointing at 28.2 East. Tuner C is the DTT (terrestial one).

In ABM provider list I set Saorview to yes (and picked the location appropriate to me) and then also set Sky UK to yes. I had a few other options (e.g. Sky ROI, etc), I left all of them as No. I then hit scan and it did its magic.

CianCollins

dulpit wrote: »

I don't have same box as you, but approach should be the same. My tuners are set up so that A and B are satellite pointing at 28.2 East. Tuner C is the DTT (terrestial one).

In ABM provider list I set Saorview to yes (and picked the location appropriate to me) and then also set Sky UK to yes. I had a few other options (e.g. Sky ROI, etc), I left all of them as No. I then hit scan and it did its magic.

Thanks Finally figured out, looking there I see people add saorview and uk channels to favourites folder to have the one EPG how is this done?

I do not have the option to create folder in auto bouquets folder.

Thanks.

dulpit

CianCollins wrote: »

Thanks Finally figured out, looking there I see people add saorview and uk channels to favourites folder to have the one EPG how is this done?

I do not have the option to create folder in auto bouquets folder.

Thanks.

You'd have to do this after the fact. There is a setting (I think) in abm where you can tell it to either keep or remove other bouquets when it runs. Make sure it's set to keep them. Then you can use the remote, or webif, or a few tools to create a favourite bouquet with combination you like. https://echannelizer.com/ is an example...

Chrizfitz

Loving this. Cancelled sky today.

I have the privilege of being able to set this up in the shed and test it/let it run and recordings build up.

After some ups and downs I got there thanks to all the posts here and I hope to add a few bits myself once I have it installed in the comms press.

My question is about IR, I have 2 edison hdmi modulators in the press, currently one for sky and one for a chromecast. I am replacing sky with the alpha+ box. From my understanding I may install a rf modulator with IR to take the IR from the magic eyes, I have a trilink lying around I can use.

Where in the alpha+ box is the IR receiver?
Is this the best way in your option for my setup?

Thanks in advance

peking97

Looks like my Tiviar has developed a PSU fault.
Intermittently showing "Booting.." then a blank screen then back to "Booting..." again.
Don't suppose anyone would have a schematic diagram for the PSU board?
It's MODEL FSP-7356 Rev1.0.
Any ideas, suggestions welcome.

greasepalm

Post 1789
Mr Ink in Clondalkin should be able to repair it, very reasonably priced
post 1791 also

logonmar

I have one recorded programme that won't delete for me.

I press the Red button on remote and am asked if I want to delete

I then select 'Yes' option

The programme flickers as if moving it to trascan but it then reappears

Any suggestions?

All other programmes continue to delete normally

crisco10

Chrizfitz wrote: »

Loving this. Cancelled sky today.

I have the privilege of being able to set this up in the shed and test it/let it run and recordings build up.

After some ups and downs I got there thanks to all the posts here and I hope to add a few bits myself once I have it installed in the comms press.

My question is about IR, I have 2 edison hdmi modulators in the press, currently one for sky and one for a chromecast. I am replacing sky with the alpha+ box. From my understanding I may install a rf modulator with IR to take the IR from the magic eyes, I have a trilink lying around I can use.

Where in the alpha+ box is the IR receiver?
Is this the best way in your option for my setup?

Thanks in advance

Am thinking of taking the same leap as yourself, what is the best resource for a setup guide or similar?

And just to clarify;
1) do you connect it to the old Sky satellite?
2) I'm 3 km from local mast for saorview, so assume I will get away with internal ariel?
3) Can I do series link or similar?

I'm sure there are answers in this thread, but a lot of page to scroll through.

TIA

sligojoek

1. Won't work with Sky Q but you can change the LNB.

2. Shouldn't be a problem. I'm 10k from Truskmore and it works with an aerial on the floor.

3. Yes.

crisco10

sligojoek wrote: »

1. Won't work with Sky Q but you can change the LNB.

2. Shouldn't be a problem. I'm 10k from Truskmore and it works with an aerial on the floor.

3. Yes.

Thanks - I have old fashioned Sky+ so shouldn't need to change the LNB.

Tempted to crack on, but just need to find a "dummy's guide to setup" or similar so I know what to do to when the box arrives.

sligojoek

Most of what you need to know is in the first few pages. If you're any way tech savvy you'll manage it. I was dubious myself at the start but it's the best move I ever made. Plenty of people on here are fantastic with help.

crisco10

sligojoek wrote: »

Most of what you need to know is in the first few pages. If you're any way tech savvy you'll manage it. I was dubious myself at the start but it's the best move I ever made. Plenty of people on here are fantastic with help.

Thanks - I'll be back with a few silly questions I assume. Won't cancel the Sky just yet....lol