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Author Topic: DA20 to MOD7 Christopher Schaffner Film Handler Posts: 33 From: Elizabethtown, KY, USA Registered: Feb 2011 posted 05-19-2011 02:21 AM                     Is it possible to connect a Dolby DA20 to a Smart MOD7 without any special adapters? All I should need is custom cables? Monday we are getting another Barco. I wanted to take the CAT700 reader and DA20 off of the projector its replacing and install it on one of our Analog houses.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-19-2011 08:08 AM                     It will connect with the correct cable ok  |  IP: Logged Christopher Schaffner Film Handler Posts: 33 From: Elizabethtown, KY, USA Registered: Feb 2011 posted 05-19-2011 02:30 PM                     Thanks Gordon.  |  IP: Logged Christopher Schaffner Film Handler Posts: 33 From: Elizabethtown, KY, USA Registered: Feb 2011 posted 05-29-2011 09:50 PM                     Okay, I have this mostly figured out. Audio connections from the DA20 to the MOD7 is a no-brainer. But what about the automation? Obviously it should be in auto-digital. but which type should I use, and which control lines should I use for the MOD7? Pardon my ignorance, this is the first time I've connected anything Dolby to a smart processor.  |  IP: Logged Martin Daian Expert Film Handler Posts: 227 From: Montevideo, Uruguay Registered: Jul 2003 posted 06-03-2011 04:59 PM                    Hello Christopher, i try to connect a Smart Mod 7 to a DA 20 and can't make that the auto Analog/Digital works, only will use manually, maybe wrong conection, don't know.  |  IP: Logged Christopher Schaffner Film Handler Posts: 33 From: Elizabethtown, KY, USA Registered: Feb 2011 posted 06-05-2011 09:47 PM                     Martin, I'll be doing a test-run tonight. If it all works as it should I'll post on here how I wired it up to help you out.  |  IP: Logged Christopher Schaffner Film Handler Posts: 33 From: Elizabethtown, KY, USA Registered: Feb 2011 posted 06-06-2011 03:09 AM                     Alright, The test was a success [: Martin, the Wiring I have is as follows MOD7 DA20 Digital Pin 12 - SRD pin 5 SR Pin 13 - SR Pin 3 Logic ground Pin 25 - GND Pin 12 And I'm running the DA20 in the CP65 Auto-Digital(position B I believe)  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 06-06-2011 10:43 AM                        Problem is what will the Mod 8 do with all of the good sound? Perhaps we should consider it a bottleneck like installing an orfice in a plumbing pipe. Louis  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-06-2011 04:44 PM                     I'll second, third, forth and fifth what Louis says.  |  IP: Logged Martin Daian Expert Film Handler Posts: 227 From: Montevideo, Uruguay Registered: Jul 2003 posted 06-06-2011 06:50 PM                    Hello Christopher, Thank you, i will try to make this test, Martin  |  IP: Logged

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