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Author Topic: SLACKERS, reel 3 sync Karen Hultgren Master Film Handler Posts: 492 From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-01-2002 04:06 PM                        For those theaters getting SLACKERS, you should have received a notice from Sony Pictures explaining that there is a problem with sync in the last half of reel 3. You should have also received a replacement reel 3 by now and if you have not, please send me an email with your fax number so I can fax the notice to you, or, call Sony distribution for information. YOUR DTS DISCS ARE FINE AND DO NOT NEED REPLACMENT Karen at DTS khultgren@dtsonline.com  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-01-2002 04:52 PM                     I was under the impression that only *some* reel 3s had sync problems. Mine played perfectly.  |  IP: Logged Tim Turner Film Handler Posts: 87 From: Chula Vista, CA, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-01-2002 06:16 PM                     Mine was all out of wack! The audio was like 30 seconds ahead it seemed. I could do nothing but just switch it to SR. So its the end of reel 3, I thought it was the start of reel 4.  |  IP: Logged Karen Hultgren Master Film Handler Posts: 492 From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-01-2002 06:48 PM                        Brad, You must have gotten lucky and they swapped reel 3 out your can in time. Karen at DTS  |  IP: Logged Karen Hultgren Master Film Handler Posts: 492 From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-01-2002 07:03 PM                        Tim, If the whole film is out of sync, then check your DTS player's offset setting. Count frames from the DTS reader's lens to the projector's picture gate. Multiply the total frame count by 1.25 and then subtract one from the result. Be sure the value you get is dialed up in the offset switches on the DTS player. Karen at DTS  |  IP: Logged Tim Turner Film Handler Posts: 87 From: Chula Vista, CA, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-01-2002 11:03 PM                     No, I didn't mean the whole film was messed up. I was just talking about the one reel.  |  IP: Logged Karen Hultgren Master Film Handler Posts: 492 From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-04-2002 01:10 PM                        Tim, Get a replacement reel 3, that will fix the problem. Karen at DTS  |  IP: Logged

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