Ku On Cband??

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I took my coolsat 6000 out of the closet and fired it up. I was getting sheppards chapel on Galaxy 16. Then I hooked up my coolsat and scanned c-band. I got something like abc sd net but they are all in hd or scrambled. I scanned it again becuase sometimes I might have another channel pop in, but I bumped ku by accident, but the same channels scanned in, they are on ku freq's too. My Ku Lnb IS NOT hooked up.

Also Uniden UST-4400 that Im getting, how do I do both c and ku on this if there is only one input for satellite, my lnb has one for c and one ku
 
I took my coolsat 6000 out of the closet and fired it up. I was getting sheppards chapel on Galaxy 16. Then I hooked up my coolsat and scanned c-band. I got something like abc sd net but they are all in hd or scrambled. I scanned it again becuase sometimes I might have another channel pop in, but I bumped ku by accident, but the same channels scanned in, they are on ku freq's too. My Ku Lnb IS NOT hooked up.

the receiver scans the same IF frequency (950-1600) and the channels show up regardless of what the LNB LO is. So if you have the LNB LO set at 5150 (C-Band), 10750 (KU) or 11250 (DBS) it should still scan in the channels. If its not 5150 the frequencies will be off ;)

My Pansat scans by the IF frequency...take the "normal" frequency (12000) and subtract the LNB LO (10750) and the IF frequency is 1250. So if I have the LO frequency set wrong it will still scan in the channels but the freq will be off. Found that out when a diseqc switch went on the fritz
 
I'm assuming you are asking why you see the described behavior. The answer is that the receiver knows nothing about the LNB other than what you tell it.

The LNB is responsible for shifting the higher frequency bands (~5GHz for C, ~10GHz for Ku) to a standard lower frequency band called the L band (~1-2GHz). Every LNB you will encounter shifts to this L band, regardless of what frequency is being received. And every receiver only tunes the L band.

The receiver, as a matter of convenience to human eyes, simply computes the original frequency. If you provide incorrect information about the LNB (as you did in this case), it will display the wrong frequency. What physically is going on is you are truly receiving C band, and the receiver is using the wrong equation to tell you what frequency you are tuned to.

I think this all speaks to your second question, too, if your question there was about tuning capability. Since both C and Ku band are shifted to the same L-band, and that tuner tunes L band, there really isn't a problem with capability. If your question is about switching between the two, you have several options available. I'm not familiar with that particular receiver, but it has an oldness ring to it. I might guess it doesn't do DiSEqC. A manual switch might save you from having to disconnect and reconnect coax each time, but they are not the best thing to use given the high frequency. It probably has a 0-12V output for polarity control.. if a coax switch doesn't exist that can use the 12V as an input, something homebrew can be whipped up.
 
Stupid non-refresh before posting forgetting thing. Bad brain. Iceberg uses real numbers, if you want to do the actual math. You will find you can get the receiver to display any number you desire for frequency, by working that function backwards and putting in the arbitrary LO value.
 
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