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Author Topic: Laser Rot Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-03-2009 04:43 AM                     Does anyone on here experiencing some of the oddities with their DTS units? I have both "6" and "6D" units (all upgraded to newer drives and V.1.46 software..)in our 6 screen discount and it seems that when a feature stays for awhile - which get's moved around the complex at times - the units will have a dickens of a time to handle the CD's. All readers have no issues whatsoever in sending timecode to the players - all have steady green light on the readers and the players recognize the timecode input. It's like the system is not accepting the OS install from the CD's - no blinking "system" light - just a steady red light...being a good freeze of sorts. On the opening night of that feature, the system boots up great, loads the OS in the system, reads both discs and plays back the digital information to our CP55's without a hitch. But you give it over two weeks with these same discs and major freeze up to where I have to "cold boot" the system during the performance to get it to read the discs..and that's a "if possible that a reboot will return the systen to normal," to where I'll just yank them out and go optical til we get rid of that feature. Anyone else having these sorts of issues with their older DTS units? Or, is it just a good case of "laser rot" which is the 'weakest link' of the CD being exposed to the heat of the laser that I'm facing with? thx all-Monte  |  IP: Logged Peter Castle Expert Film Handler Posts: 220 From: Wollongong University, NSW ,Australia Registered: Oct 2003 posted 05-03-2009 08:01 AM                     Laser rot is an effect on the discs themselves where glue or ink eats into the pits on the disc. Was especially true of the 12" laser discs. But has nothing to do with the laser itself.  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-03-2009 08:37 AM                     I know you said you have a steady green light, but have you checked the timecode voltage anyhow? I've seen marginal timecode crash the 6D, and do so only at a weak spot on the print. --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-03-2009 11:16 AM                     You have issues with the players in your smaller houses. The CDs themselves can't experience laser rot in a few weeks. It takes many years.  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-03-2009 12:42 PM                     DTS is actually doing an XD20 exchange program for old DTS6 6D and 6AD units and an intriguing price. The good think with the XD20 is that you only need 1 reading drive, load it to one XD20 unit and from there on a CAT6 will suffice to transfer the data to all XD20 units in the complex. Perhaps you should give it a thought. Demetris  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-03-2009 01:15 PM                     I hadn't heard of that. Anyone have any specifics?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-03-2009 02:56 PM                     I'll have to poke my dealer on Monday on this info...for I'm also new on the XD20 unit.. thx - Monte  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-03-2009 03:24 PM                     Often with used disks there are probably several times the unit must revert to analogue during the show and often we find one must reboot the player at the beginning of the show when that is the case  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 05-03-2009 06:53 PM                     In my experience those symptoms are just drives going nuts. They eventually work for a week but some day they won't work at all then they would start again... Check reader level too, as John said. I'm curious about XD20 too!  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-04-2009 05:40 AM                     The e-mails I received mention DTS-Europe. Is there a chance this offer is only for European region?! Mike might be able to let us know.  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-04-2009 07:09 PM                     Try cleaning the discs. The heat in the drives can cause dust to collect on the discs. I have seen this happen with all kinds of players, if the disc is left in the player for a while, and played over and over. The worst is a car CD player.  |  IP: Logged

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