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Author Topic: bad prints and dolby digital Mike Amici Film Handler Posts: 11 From: park city, utah Registered: Jan 2005 posted 01-08-2005 10:53 PM                     Technicolor (suprise suprise) sent us a bad print of meet the fockers and every time the feature starts our dolby cp-650 switches from channel 10 to channel 5, and this drops the actual sound volume to about half. Is there any way to get the decoder to simply disregard the missleading channel code?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-08-2005 11:03 PM                     You need to get your tech in there pronto to perform an A-chain. There should not be a difference in volume when the sound drops to analog (05).  |  IP: Logged Antonio Marcheselli Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1260 From: Florence, Italy Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-12-2005 12:09 PM                        Mike In addition at Brad's suggestion, it's not a problem of "channel", when your CP switch to 05 means that the data on the print cannot be decoded and the CP MUST drop to analog sound (FORMAT 05). You should have your print replaced, if the problem is in the print and, as brad says, have an A-Chain check because there should be no appreciable difference in volume level between 10 and 5. probably you just need a Dolby Tone, have your tech to teach you how to perform it frequently by yourself. Bye Antonio  |  IP: Logged Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 01-12-2005 12:19 PM                     Yeah, get a tech out there...also what happens when you manually put it back to 10? Get a new print as well.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-12-2005 08:09 PM                     ..or the reader's LED is getting weak and the camera has a hard time picking up the data. Time to turn up the LED voltage, do an alignment, and/or LED replacement. Plus the usual CPU adjustments. Yep, "A"-chain sevice is needed, badly. -Monte  |  IP: Logged

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