Using BSC621-2 C/Ku LNBF

[Reinhold]

Update:
Yesterday I received the cone scalar ring and installed it.I put the ring as far to the end as possible.I installed the lnb as far back towaerds the dish as possible.It is installed with the switch in the downward position not like in vj's picture and I used the small triangle on the end to get "0" scew.I got Ku and some C-band.Someone said you don't need to use the switch;not true.Since two different types of LNB's are used,the receiver does not switch between C-band and Ku-band on the same satellite.You have to do it manually each time.On all C sats this is not so or all Ku-sats.
You can receive Ku without the scalar ring,but not C.
Is it worth it? I don't know.I did not do any fine tuning and I did not get much on C-band.I'll save the fine tuning for the fall when my feet don't stick to the roof.
Reinhold.

[pmb1010]

Reinhold,

I think someone said you didnt need to use the internal switch of the LNB itself.

You could hook up your external switch to the:
- end of the long LNB for Ku band,
- side of the switch (that doesnt say "receiver") for C.
- spare 18" Dishnetwork type dish.

WIth say a 4 port switch:

Use the receiver Diseqc to go to port 1 for C band, port 2 for Ku, 3 for DishLNB on 18"

I also swiped this text from another site, might be helpful especially the lineup using C band, and how the Ku needs to be offset a little bit...

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The tech that installed my 8' C/Ku dish showed me the solution to your Ku signal problem.
The C band LNB in the unit is center-mounted and is therefore peaked with a great signal.
The Ku LNB of the other hand is offset from the center and needs to be separately peaked.
To do this, first align the dish with true south. Then rotate the unit so the Ku LNB is on either the East or West side of center.
Then move the dish a few points in the same direction while watching your signal levels until the Ku LNB peaks. Save this position like it's another satellite (i.e. W4-AMC4 C band, K4-AMC4 Ku Band).
Hope this helps!

Follow the picture on the box and connect the short cable as shown. The receiver port is what you connect your rg6 cable then run it to your receiver. Then in your menu, all of your c-band sats. will be diseqc #1 and the ku side has to be set at diseqc #2. No in-line diseqc switch is needed, however if you have another dish (aimed at something else) and are using an external diseqc switch then you need to connect the extra dish in port #3 of the switch and in your receiver menu you select #3 for the extra dish. If you are doing this, you can run the rg6 from the output on the lnb into port #1, but leave port #2 empty on the external diseqc switch.

[Reinhold]

The KU band comes in fine even without the scalar ring.I don't get alot of C band but I don't know how much I should be getting.I tried not using the built in switch,I got no signal.I have not tried using an external switch.My experiance with 4 way switches has not been too good.They keep cutting in and out.I had the same experiance with the built in switch on the KU band.Before that I used 4 different switches on theQPH031 LNBF.They all seemed to have temporary interuptions on the liniar side.
Reinhold.

[pmb1010]

Instructions for the BSC621:

http://www.dmsiusa.com/documents/621manual.pdf

[Reinhold]

I have read the instructions somewhere else.
Iwas not using the dialectric plate and was getting all my Ku sats.
The problem comes in;when you download C band and Ku band from the same satellite,because you have a universal on the Ku side and a standard on the C band side the receiver will not switch automatically.If you switch from ku to c you have to go back to the setup menu and change the settings.There is no problem if the whole sat is either C or Ku.
Reinhold.

[rainman]

the receiver should have a list for the ku and c band seperate my ultra does for instance G3R ku G3C c band.

[vj9999]

I have deleted all sats in my receiver and created 2 new ones. One is called C-Band and the other one is called Ku-Band. I just go and change the location in usals to where I want to move and scan the sat.

I clean up my transponders every once in a while if they get too cluttered

[elgemcdlf]

I have deleted all sats in my receiver and created 2 new ones. One is called C-Band and the other one is called Ku-Band. I just go and change the location in usals to where I want to move and scan the sat.

I clean up my transponders every once in a while if they get too cluttered

That is how I ended up setting up my Coship receiver. It is DiSeqC 1.0 so it can not drive a dish but the setup was a mess to me so I just set one C band sat and one Ku and scanned everything into those two. Tied it to the big dish and used the 922 to drive it.

[pmb1010]

Some success... putting together a temporary setup.

Put the 120cm dish on a tripod and pointed thru a gap in the trees.
Got the BSC621 dialed into AMC5 on Ku, to make sure I could find it and the LNB worked.

Then I moved over to G11.
Got dialed into 12060 "Law Enforcement Network" (no pic, but good signal), just to confirm I'm on the desired sat.

Then I reconfigured G11 for 5150 C lnb, and did a pre-programmed scan on whats in the Ultra for G11. Got EWTN, with a pretty good signal, a few varients of EWTN. About 6 or 7 stations. I'm on a 3" tv, it looks like its about 80% signal.

Running a power scan now.

[rainman]

congrat pmb1010 you will get her going yet.