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UNITY4600
Professional Media Receiver
User’s Manual
800032-01 Rev.F
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UNITY 4600 USER’S MANUAL A proven world leader in digital video, audio & broadcast data systems, WEGENER’s management system is certified to ISO 9001:2000. Data, drawings, and other material contained herein are proprietary to Wegener Com- munications, Inc., and may not be reproduced or duplicated in any form without the prior written permission of Wegener Communications, Inc. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Revisions may be issued to advise of such changes
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UNITY 4600 USER’S MANUAL www.wegener.com iii 800032-01 Rev.F
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UNITY 4600 USER’S MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 Manual Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Product Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Functional Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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UNITY 4600 USER’S MANUAL CHAPTER 4 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 4.1 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 4.2 General Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 No Output, LCD, or LED Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 No Audio, Video, or
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UNITY 4600 USER’S MANUAL LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1: Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Table 1.2: Transport-In Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Table 1.3: Glossary of Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Table 2.1: Rear PanelConnectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Table 2.2: Front-Panel Conn
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Unity 4600 User’s Manual CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 Manual Overview This manual provides instructions and reference information for the proper installation and operation of the Wegener Unity 4600 Professional Media Receiver, referred to through- out this manual as the Model U4600 or U4600. The manual is divided into the following chapters: 1 General Information - a description of the U4600 unit, its functions and specifica- tions, and a glossary of terms. 2 Installation - procedures and
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UNITY 4600 USER’S MANUAL 1.2 Product Overview Functional The Wegener Unity 4600 Professional Media Receiver is a fully DVB-compliant satellite Description video IRD. The U4600 receives an L-band RF carrier from an external LNB, demodulates the carrier, extracts the MPEG transport stream, and provides the decompressed program or programs to DVB-ASI, composite video, and/or stereo audio outputs. Features include: • Control by local user or remote COMPEL system • Download of software applicati
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Unity 4600 User’s Manual 1.3 Unity 4600 Product Specifications Table 1.1: Technical Specifications Characteristic Specification power Voltage 90-132 or 175-264 VAC auto-detect/selected Frequency 60/50 Hz ± 2% Consumption < 35 watts typical with full LNB DC load & QPSK receiver Transport-In Options See Table 1.2: Transport-In Options on page 6. Conditional Access Transport-level or by program Wegener COMPEL /CA PIN Scrambling Turnaround option to bypass scrambled (Contact factory) streams to
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UNITY 4600 USER’S MANUAL Table 1.1: Technical Specifications Characteristic Specification Composite Video Output (Cont.) L/C Delay Inequality ≤ ±26 ns Line Time W-form Distortion ≤ 1.0 IRE p-p Field Time W-form Distortion ≤ 3 IRE p-p Video SNR Weighted ≥ 56 dB VBI Data Re-insertion EIA 608 closed captioning & XDS from ATSC and also Harmonic and Tandberg proprietary protocols Audio Output Output Level-MAX PPL +18.0 dBm into 600 ohms @ 0 dB attenuation + 24.0 dBm is optional Output level adjus
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Unity 4600 User’s Manual Table 1.1: Technical Specifications Characteristic Specification Ethernet Ports Physical Layer Full-duplex, auto-negotiating 10baseT, 100baseT (twisted pair) on RJ45 jack Media Access and Link Layers Per IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet) Network and Transport Layers Binds to TCP/IP stack which enables Telnet control and Web-based status monitoring (Release 4 or later). One relay dedicated to indicate unit ALARMS and two relays Alarm/Cuing Relays dedicated to user control (su
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UNITY 4600 USER’S MANUAL Table 1.2: Transport-In Options Characteristic Specification DVB-QPSK Receiver Option (No RF Switch) RF Input Input Impedance 75Ω unbalanced Input VSWR, 75-Ω system < 2.1:1 (9.0 dB R.L. min), 950-1450 MHz < 3.0:1 (6.0 dB R.L. min), 1450-2150 MHz Surge Resistance Guaranteed survival from up to 10 direct-coupled 8kV discharges (per IEC 801-2) RF Tuning Input Frequency Range 950 to 2150 MHz LO Leakage at Input ≤ -50 dBm Symbol-rate Range 2 to 45 Msps (may be limited by T
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Unity 4600 User’s Manual Table 1.2: Transport-In Options Characteristic Specification DVB-QPSK Receiver with 4-Port RF Switch Option Switched RF Inputs Input Impedance 75Ω unbalanced Isolation, port-to-port > 45 dB, 950-1450 MHz > 40 dB, 1450-2150 MHz Input VSWR, 75-Ω system, selected port < 2.6:1 (7 dB R.L. min), 950-1450 MHz Not guaranteed, 1450-2150 MHz Input VSWR, 75-Ω system, unselected port < 2.0:1 (10 dB R.L min), 950-1450 MHz Not guaranteed, 1450-2150 MHz RF Tuning Same as QPSK option d
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UNITY 4600 USER’S MANUAL Table 1.2: Transport-In Options Characteristic Specification Demodulator/FEC (Cont.) Max E /N @ Quasi-error-free threshold 1. DVB-QPSK: QPSK R=1/2: 4.5 dB, b 0 (less than one uncorrected error-event per QPSK R=2/3: 5.0 dB, hour) QPSK R=3/4: 5.5 dB, QPSK R=5/6: 6.0 dB, QPSK R=7/8: 6.4 dB 2. Turbo-QPSK: R=1/2: 2.4 dB R=3/4: 3.6 dB 3. Turbo-8PSK: R=2/3: 4.8 dB R=3/4(I): 5.4 dB R=3/4(II):
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Unity 4600 User’s Manual Table 1.2: Transport-In Options Characteristic Specification ASI Transport Input Option DVB-ASI Input One input per DVB ASI per EN50083-9 Annex B Physical layer 270 Mbaud signaling on 75Ω coax cable Minimum byte gaps Down to 0-byte interbyte gaps Transport data rate Limited to rates allowed by parent IRD 1.4 Safety Summary The U4600 is designed for safe use with few special precautions required of the user. The following items are basic precautions to use when installi
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UNITY 4600 USER’S MANUAL Table 1.3: Glossary of Terms Term Definition Automated The mechanism used when the U4600 is unable to acquire a valid transport stream, loses network Recovery control or detects an invalid control stream, or is unable to deliver the required services using its current settings. The unit automatically begins attempting operations under "backup" unit settings (or Recovery) stored in the presets table until it can return to normal operation or is stopped by local user
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Unity 4600 User’s Manual Table 1.3: Glossary of Terms Term Definition MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group - refers to the method of video compression established by this group. (The Unity 4600 utilizes the MPEG2 format for video.) Network Protection A non-volatile setup parameter whose value is “Shared” or “Protected” (or “not Shared”). Similarly, Mode each network control stream has a “Share” status field as part of the COMPEL packet framing. A network control stream is considered “invalid”
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UNITY 4600 USER’S MANUAL Table 1.3: Glossary of Terms Term Definition Service Descriptor Service Descriptors are text entries in the Service Descriptor table (SDT, defined per a DVB standard). Service Descriptors are used to give text names to the Programs within transport streams. Service Settings That part of the Unit Settings which allow for the local detection, decompression, and output (or "display") of a program's services. Setting, Last The most recent Unit Setting requested by a us
