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Stephan Shelley
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 - posted 07-27-2016 07:48 PM      Profile for Stephan Shelley   Email Stephan Shelley   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
There has been much written here about the 750 having power supply issues but I haven't seen discussion of what the issues are other than they have them. My question is do they just fail all at once or do they stumble around causing the sound to cut in and out? Trying to find a possible cause of sound cutting in and out on a screen. Was fine the next day and today when I was there checking things out.

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Steve Guttag
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I recall talking to someone at Dolby about it and they "claimed" it was merely a bad run of power supplies. The run was large so many, many units were affected. There was something about a component out of tolerance that allowed it to fail. One thing we put in our specs is, at least, one back up supply per complex (since it is plug-in anyway).

I have not experienced the cut in/out thing (yet).

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Adrian Avram
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I had many CP750 power supplies that went bad, but I was able to fix them all. Every single one had a blown varistor on the mains input area, failed open, so the affected processor looks dead. The quick fix was to disconnect the mains cable and use the external supply. Replacing the affected part has "resurrect" them all, some are more than three years now in service.
Just a quick tip, the CP750 and the DFC100 3D filter controller use the same PS.

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Steve Guttag
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The DMA8 Plus uses the same supply too!

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Mark Gulbrandsen
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Chuckle! Every tech I know has been there...

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Ken Lackner
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What functionality does the processor have when running on backup power? Is it a limited "bypass" function like USL's JSD line of processors? In searching through the CP-750 installation manual, I can only find information stating that a backup supply exists, but no mention of processor functionality.

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Steve Guttag
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It is 100% functional.

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It has been 657 days since the last post.


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Ken Lackner
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I had a CP-750 die yesterday. Replaced the main power supply with one pulled from a DFC100. All good.

quote: Adrian Avram
I had many CP750 power supplies that went bad, but I was able to fix them all. Every single one had a blown varistor on the mains input area, failed open, so the affected processor looks dead.
How can I identify which component is the culprit, and do you have a vendor and part number for the replacement?

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Adrian Avram
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Hi,
You can search for Dolby Field Bulletin 262 which describes the problem in details.

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