Wegener Communications 550 manual

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    www.wegener.com 800072-02B 1 General Information The W egener Unit y 550 is a digital satellite receiver th at will receive signals from both C and Ku band satellite systems. Additional info rmation may be found on the We gener web site at: www .wegener .com . Unp acking and Inspection The box cont aining the unit sho uld include: Carefully unpack [...]

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    Q UICK S TART G UIDE 2 800072-02B www.wegener.com Location and Mounting The Unity 550 is sized at 1RU , and may be moun ted in a st andard 19 -inch equipmen t rack or se t up for desktop operation. In either locatio n, maintain a clean, dry environm ent for the Unity 550 . Rack Mounting The Unit y 550 unit should be inst alled in such a way that a [...]

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    Q UICK S TART G UIDE www.wegener.com 800072-02B 3 Rear Panel Connections Figure 1 shows the rear panel connections of the Unity 550 that are described in Figure 1 . Figure 1: Unity 550 rear pan el view T able 1: Unity 550 Interconnect Descriptions CAUTION: Do not connect RJ-1 2 directly to phone line. Equip ment damage may re sult Front Panel Conne[...]

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    Q UICK S TART G UIDE 4 800072-02B www.wegener.com T able 2: Unity 550 Front Panel Controls LCD Menu Navigation Operate the Unity 550 from the front pan el using the arrow buttons and the LCD as shown in Figure 2 . Menu screens on the LCD direct you to screens th at control vari ous operating fun ctions including:  programming  audio Front Pan[...]

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    Q UICK S TART G UIDE www.wegener.com 800072-02B 5 LED Indications af ter Power-Up Within approximately 15 seconds of power up, th e IRD gives an indication of stable operation. It initializes all system component s and supplies an operational status. A steady Green LED indicates that it is locked on a carrier and is capa ble of producing output (Au[...]

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    Q UICK S TART G UIDE 6 800072-02B www.wegener.com OSD Menus All menus are w hite text w ith a solid black background. Highlighted item s display as black text on a white background. Figure 3 is a repres entation of the OSD Main Menu. Figure 3: OSD Main Menu Navigating OSD Me nus Use the arrow and Enter buttons on the Unity 550 ’s front panel to n[...]

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    Q UICK S TART G UIDE www.wegener.com 800072-02B 7 W arranty The following warranty applies to all Wegener Commu nications produ cts: T echnical Support In the event that the unit fails to perform as described, cont act Wegener Communications Custo mer Service at:  Phone: (770) 814-4057  Fax: (678) 624-0294  E-mail: service@wegener.com All [...]