User`s manual
General Information
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1.2 Unity 4600 Overview
Functional 
Description
The Wegener Model Unity 4600 Digital Media Receiver/Decoder is a fully DVB-compliant 
satellite video IRD. The 
Unity 4600 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 application upgrades via satellite
 Supports COMPEL
®
/CA Conditional Access at transport level or by program
 Supports receiver card options using either DVB-QPSK or Advanced Turbo-Modulations 
(Turbo-QPSK, T-8PSK, or T-16QAM)
 DVB-ASI transport stream output with network-controlled program mapping
 Supports ISO 13818-1 transport rates from 2.5 to 55 Mbps (with local decompression) or up 
to 86.25 Mbps (to program-mapped ASI transport only)
 Local decompression of MPEG-2 video and MPEG-2 (L1 and L2) and/or Dolby AC-3 audio
 Auto-recognition and support of 525-line NTSC or 625-line PAL
 Audio-only mode option for radio networks
 Cueing relays and DTMF cue tone outputs standard (DTMF available only on units built 
before 10/07)
 Alarm relay
 Cueing relays 
 Optional SCTE 35 DPI message filter for network control of local ad avails
 Optional front-panel audio and video monitors
 Web browser control (August 2004)
Physical 
Description
The Unity 4600 is housed in a standard, 1 RU, rack-mountable chassis. Its front panel (see 
Figure 1.1) provides a user interface through six push buttons and an LCD as well as 
monitoring through both audio and video ports. The rear panel holds connectors for input 
and output signals, LNB power supply, serial and Ethernet monitoring and control, alarm 
and user relays, and AC input power. The unit also includes two Unity expansion module 
slots.
 Figure 1.1: The Unity 4600 Digital Media Receiver/Decoder










