Install the CI module for Unitymedia correctly

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Unitymedia is a cable television provider where you can get a wide variety of programs. Since this is pay TV, you get a receiver into which you can insert a CI module. The smart card is inserted into this.

If you would like to receive television programs via the cable operator Unitymedia, you will need a receiver or a flat screen television into which you can insert a CI module. This module enables the provider's smart card to be inserted and enables the subscribed programs so that you can watch them.

A CI module accepts a smart card

  • If you hold a CI module in your hand, it will probably look familiar to you. The interface was taken from older laptops. For these, the module was considered an extension, for example for one WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS-Connection, the recording of memory cards or for the reception of DVB-T television.
  • Unitymedia is a provider that operates digital cable television. In order to be able to receive the channels that are in the ordered package, you need a smart card. This is inserted into the CI + slot in the receiver. You will receive a corresponding module from the provider for this.

How to install the Unitymedia module

  1. Unpack the CI module, you will receive it from the provider together with your starter package. It has a slot with two-row contacts on one side and a slot for the smart card on the other. Insert the smart card before inserting the module into your television or receiver.
  2. First insert the CI module with the slots into the CI + slot. Every modern television has such a slot. With a receiver you have to make sure that it has a CI + slot and is not certified for a single provider. In this case it only has one slot for a smart card. If there is a certification for Unitymedia, you cannot operate the card on the receiver.
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Another CI module, such as the one you get for Sky or HD +, will not recognize the Unitymedia smart card. For this reason, you cannot exchange the modules with one another; you have to look for a module from the provider. This is matched to the signals of the television stations to be received.

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