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Topic: Not getting anything from To Power Amps
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Mitchell Cope
Master Film Handler
Posts: 256
From: Overland Park, KS, United States
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-19-1999 04:42 PM
I just got a Dolby CP50 loaded with cards (Cat 108, 22, 109, 110 bypass, 150, 64, 117, etc.) . I'm getting a good signal from the Pre-Amp Outputs terminal strip, but seems like nothing from the To Power Amps terminal strip. I don't have a manual and I'm not familiar with the equipment, so I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. Any ideas?
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Mitchell Cope
Master Film Handler
Posts: 256
From: Overland Park, KS, United States
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 06-20-1999 01:18 PM
I reseated all the cards and made sure they were all where they were supposed to be. The 110 bypass card is inserted with the 110 bypass arrow pointing back (as opposed to the 160 bypass arrow pointing back). I've switched the three Cat 64 cards around to see if this had any affect. I changed the pots on the Cat 117 card and could hear just a trace of some hiss (this is with my amplifier turned all the way up). I getting an expected popping sound when I turn the CP50 on and off, so the terminal strip is not dead (plus I have that faint hiss as well). I have the four shorting strips all set to high level output. I measured points on the backplane and terminal strips marked +12v, -12v, and +24v and all those voltages were there.Like I said before, I'm getting a good signal from the pre-amp output. On the back board, there's a shorting strip labeled from top to bottom L, C, R, S, 0v, and the sixth position is unmarked. Over this shorting strip is marked Cat 223. L, C, R, S positions all have shorting terminals in them. The bottom two (0v and unmarked) do not. Would this make a difference? Thanks for the help guys. If this set of clues doesn't help, then I'll probably want to get that manual (probably need one anyway) and jump into more specifics.
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Brad Miller
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Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99
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posted 06-21-1999 02:47 AM
Ok, I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner, but after flipping through the CP50 manual, I remembered the CP50 does not have a front panel mounted fader. (Yes, it has been awhile since I've worked on one of those.)Go to Radio Shack and buy yourself a 100k linear potentiometer. It should only be a buck or two. Connect it to the SK2 terminal strip (center top) onto terminals #5 and 6. They should be labeled "auto fader". Now you have a volume control! (Note: any grade two conductor wire will do and you can mount that fader in the auditorium if you wish as wire length won't be a factor.) Hope that is all it is. Let me know. If that doesn't work, I'll talk you through some other possibilities over ICQ/IM/phone. Also, if you want to upgrade the unit to the latest matrix decoder, SR cards or add a subwoofer output let me know, as I have plenty of extra cards for that unit. Good luck.
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