Ferguson™ Ariva 154 Combo Receiver

USES of Ferguson Ariva 154 Combo Receiver

• HD combo receiver for receiving both
  • Irish Digital Terrestrial TV (Saorview Channels)
  • Standard & HD UK Satellite Channels
• Channel List (See List of Channels Tab) Includes
  • RTE 1, RTE 2, Virgin Media One, Virgin Media Two, TG4, Virgin Media Three, TG4, RTE One +1, RTEjr etc..
    • Need to tune Irish channels to your local transmitter (See video guides)
  • BBC 1,2,4, UTV, ITV 2,3,4, ITV be, Channel 4, More 4, E4, Film 4, Channel 4/7 etc
  • Channel 5, CBS, Showcase, Food Channel, Travel Channel, EWTN, VIVA, Pick, Challenge, Dave, Home, Quest, Really etc..
  • CITV, CBBC, Cbeebies etc..
  • BBC News, Euro News, CNN, CNBC etc
  • True Movies 1 & 2, True Drama, Horror Channel, Men & Movies etc
  • Huge Array of Music Channels
  • All +1 Channels Where Available
  • HD Channels include the following
    • BBC 1 HD, BBC 2 HD, BBC 4 HD, CBBC HD, Cbeebies HD, UTV HD, C4 HD, BBC News HD, RTE 1 HD, RTE 2 HD etc..
  • PVR Features – Add Recording with an External Hard drive
    • Equipment needed: 250GB, 320GB portable hard drive or mains powered drive (FAT32 formatting)
  • Allows viewer to pause & record live TV shows

ADVANTAGES of Ferguson Ariva 154 Combo Receiver

• The Ferguson Ariva 154 does the job of both a HD satellite & digital terrestrial receiver in a single unit
• Also you can watch Irish TV & record a programme on a UK satellite channel
• You can watch a UK channel and record something on the Irish stations
• Supports both standard & high definition transmissions
• The Ferguson Ariva 154 is very competitively priced
• It future proofs your investment by meeting all the latest HD standards
• Has PVR features (ie.. Can Pause/Record live TV with addition of external storage device)
• The Ferguson Ariva 154 has a DVB-T2 terrestrial tuner so it is not only suitable for Saorview, it will also work with Freeview HD from Northern Ireland
• Big Buttons on remote for older people
• Extremely responsive remote

 DISADVANTAGES of Ferguson Ariva 154 Combo Receiver

• The Ferguson Ariva 154 does not support MHEG5 so no teletext on HD terrestrial channels
• More expensive than either a HD satellite receiver or a stand alone digital terrestrial receiver but cheaper than getting them separately
• It does not have an RF out ie.. it is not possible to run the picture to an additional room unless you use either an external modulator or a TRI-Link (allows you to operate box with a sky eye from another room)