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Adjustment of the two light sources 

 

 

Adjust the analog LED 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The video output cable from the 

digital pre-amp 

in the sound 

head to the Dolby DA-10 or DA-20 is harder to deal with because 
it is so stiff and heavy. The cables are shipped with both ends 
terminated in their respective connectors. The smaller connector 
(the sound head end) can be gotten through 3/4" conduit, but care 
must be taken if there are many bends and particularly when going 
through any conduit fittings. The connector is polarized and will 
plug onto the video pre-amp only one way.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Alignment 
 

Preliminary: 
 
Because you are dealing with two soundtracks, and because you 
are starting from scratch, you will have to go back and forth 
between the two media while you get everything optimized. 
Mostly, this means the 

adjustment of the two light sources

. The 

good news is that as already mentioned, the two optical assemblies 
have been preset so that you have a beginning point. Their focus 
and azimuth may not be exactly correct for your sound head, but 
they will be close enough to get you started. Loosen the clamp 
screw of both of the copper LED mounts until they can be moved 
easily, but will stay where you put them when you let go. It is 
easier to grab both of the mounts when doing the analog LED 
(which is the inner one), and so it is best to do it first. 
 
 
 
 

Analog: 
 
Adjust the analog LED 

by eye until it looks as though it is 

opposite the lower lens. In the cinema processor, turn both the 
level and high frequency adjustments all the way down so that 
both channels will be essentially identical. Thread a loop of Dolby 
Cat. No. 97 (a very convenient method is to make a loop of 1/2 
Cat. No. 97, and 1/2 “Buzz Track”) and look at it on your 
oscilloscope just as you would for a normal “A” Chain setup. 

 

Digital pre-amp

 

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Страница 1: ...Copyright Component Engineering All Rights Reserved STRD 30C Digital Analog Sound Reader for Century Projectors...

Страница 2: ...it lens with its mounting bracket and the entire photocell assembly The sound drum rotary stabilizer and its ball bearings must also be removed temporarily NOTE The analog and digital sound pre amps a...

Страница 3: ...can get all of the optical pieces properly aligned exactly on radius with reference to the center line of the sound drum You are going to use the outboard sound drum bearing to accurately position the...

Страница 4: ...d screws The dual lens pre amp assembly should now be carefully eased onto the dowel pins in the adapter block and bolted in place It is a good idea to have the digital video cable already plugged ont...

Страница 5: ...s because the output of the LS 30 power supplies is clamped at a voltage too low to damage the LEDs The recommended wire size is 18 AWG The analog pre amp is powered by the 12 Volt bipolar supply in t...

Страница 6: ...tment of the two light sources The good news is that as already mentioned the two optical assemblies have been preset so that you have a beginning point Their focus and azimuth may not be exactly corr...

Страница 7: ...d the adjustment The other reason for this large contact area is that there is very good heat transfer from the LED itself right on down to the base casting of the sound head This means extra long lif...

Страница 8: ...running some digital film The following are optional but highly recommended A 486 class or better computer having a high speed 115kbs serial port and DRAS 10 software from Dolby A nine conductor male...

Страница 9: ...ng so that the splice doesn t come around too often The digital reader optics should be close enough for you to find a scope picture similar to this illustration The first thing is to adjust the digit...

Страница 10: ...ws and adjust the lateral position so that outer trace perf is off center by 1 5 major graticule to the left between goal posts A correct DRAS lateral position read out should be as close to zero as p...

Страница 11: ...ace and the lowest error rate on the processor display Large azimuth errors are seen as a tipping of the scope sprocket hole trace The axis will be the center of the displayed perf trace The DRAS azim...

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