Operation

Screen Name

Functions/Applications

 

 

Unit Status/History

Allows user to access unit status and diagnostics. Typical items

 

located under this menu include:

 

Current unit state

 

Signal Quality

 

Last commanded and last successful unit settings

 

Program Analysis

 

Local audio/video decompression history

 

Network control status/history

 

Current LAN settings

 

Encryption settings

 

Unit internal temperature

 

Option module presence/status

 

Unit information screen (including software version)

 

Control to clear diagnostics

 

 

Unit Setup

Allows user to control unit. Typical controls located under this menu

 

include:

 

Set permanent unit settings (tuning, program, audio selection)

 

Add/edit/move/delete Presets

 

NTSC Pedestal

 

Buffer control (PCR offset)

 

Audio attenuation

 

Audio front-panel monitor select

 

Muting

 

VBI line re-insertion enable

 

Recovery mode timeouts

 

Serial port setup

 

LNB LO frequency set

 

LNB DC power set

 

User cue relays

 

Signal quality indicator thresholds

 

Minimum alarm/warning indication times

 

LAN settings

 

NVRAM operations

 

Alarm (history) latching enable

 

Program Mapping Ghost PID pass list

 

Current unit software selection

 

Unit label edit

 

Unit reset

 

 

Home and

The home screen appears on the LCD by default at boot up. During operation, the user may

default

return to the home screen at any time, from any location in the menu hierarchy, by pressing

screens

the Escape (ESC) button repeatedly (or pressing and holding it). Regardless of the current

 

location within the LCD menu hierarchy, if no front-panel keypress is made for more than 5

 

minutes, the LCD reverts to the default screen. Usually, this is the home screen. However,

 

under some conditions (two are described below), another screen becomes the default. If

 

more than one of these conditions exist simultaneously, priority is given in the order listed.

 

Note: Regardless of which screen is the current default, the user may still access all

 

available screens using the left- and right-arrow, ENT and ESC buttons.)

 

Download Screen as default

 

 

If the Unity 4600 is in an ACCEPT PACKETS Download state, then the Download screen

 

becomes default.

 

 

 

 

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4600 specifications

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