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Author Topic: how to connect a DCP-2K4 to a DOLBY audio processor Mike Moreno Expert Film Handler Posts: 200 From: culiacan sinaloa mexico Registered: Jul 2008 posted 08-31-2010 02:39 PM                        hi guys. im gonna recieve a digital projector and it will came with a DOREMI DCP-2K4 server. how can i connect the audio from the DCP to a DOLBY processor with out a digital/analog converter? thanks mike moreno mexico  |  IP: Logged Frederick Lanoy Film Handler Posts: 88 From: North of France Registered: Aug 2009 posted 08-31-2010 03:22 PM                     Hello, On CP 500 or CP 650, use the 6 external channels audio input (DTS input). Best, Fred.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 08-31-2010 03:51 PM                     As far as I know the Doremi needs a converter D/A. According to the brochure you can have either an internal board or the external converter. In any case, if you have a CP650 I would recommend the cat.790. I think the price is not so far from the external adapter and it will support 7.1.  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-01-2010 01:11 AM                     The DCP-2K4 Server which is a replica of the DCP2000 offers both AES and analogue outputs balanced or unbalanced depending on the option you ordered (analogue outputs is an optional card). Is best to check with your supplier to see which version you have. There is an audio delay setting inside the server if using the analogue outputs to match it with the image. Usually one is set arround 124ms but it depends. 2.1.2 DCP-2000 Analog (ANA) Audio Connector - Optional The DCP-2000 analog un-balanced audio output connector pin-out follows: audio output (which is optional in the DCP-2000). Pin # Signal Description Pin # Signal Description 1 Ch 8 plus 14 no connection 2 Ch 8 ground 15 Ch 7 plus 3 no connection 16 Ch 7 ground 4 Ch 6 plus 17 no connection 5 Ch 6 ground 18 Ch 5 plus 6 no connection 19 Ch 5 ground 7 Ch 4 plus 20 no connection 8 Ch 4 ground 21 Ch 3 plus 9 no connection 22 Ch 3 ground 10 Ch 2 plus 23 no connection 11 Ch 2 ground 24 Ch 1 plus 12 no connection 25 Ch 1 ground 13 no connection Demetris  |  IP: Logged Mike Moreno Expert Film Handler Posts: 200 From: culiacan sinaloa mexico Registered: Jul 2008 posted 09-02-2010 09:31 AM                        thanks a lot guys mike moreno  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 09-03-2010 05:57 PM                     That's interesting. Why have I always seen Doremi's external D/A adaptor instead of this internal board?  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-04-2010 03:22 AM                     The internal board is optional but it is available and at a lesser price than a D:A converter. Demetris  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-06-2010 12:25 AM                     You have a bit more flexibility with the external D/A converter. For a D-Cinema only booth, the CP-750 has a compatible digital input and other processors do as well (but you asked about Dolby). If you have a 35mm and D-cinema booth the CP-650 can have digital input. Some cinemas that have other program sources as well as the Doremi server (satellite or cable HD video) often use a DMA-8+ as the D/A converter for all digital sound. In a mixed complex with assorted equipment, using external decoders where there's no D/A in the processor allows you to move servers in an emergency without worrying about whether a server has the D/A card. (I thought the KDM would prohibit such a move, but it seems that the KDM controls the projector decryption not the server-projector link: putting a backup DCP-2000 in a cinema then ingesting the feature and KDM that worked with the failed server is successful).  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 09-06-2010 01:59 PM                     I thought the KDM was server-related...  |  IP: Logged Pietro Clarici Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Foligno (PG) Italy Registered: Sep 2008 posted 09-06-2010 02:44 PM                        Yes, it is. You can physically move a server and connect it to a different projector, as long as the IP addresses for both machines are set correctly, but the KDM is generated for *that* specific server's security certificate. As of now, KDMs have nothing to do with projectors. Theoretically, in the future they could be created as to only authorize playback on a single, pre-determined server/projector pair.  |  IP: Logged Kris Verhanneman Expert Film Handler Posts: 182 From: Belgium Registered: Dec 2009 posted 09-06-2010 02:53 PM                     Am I wrong when I asume that the KDM is linked to the mediablok? If I have a dolby ds200 server that malfunctions can I swap one server by another just by keeping the same mediablok on that screen?  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-06-2010 03:13 PM                     You are correct. The KDM is tied, at current, to the Cat 862, in the case of Dolby's DSS200.  |  IP: Logged

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