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Author Topic: DTS-6D face up? Rick Long Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 759 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 07-29-2001 11:22 PM                     I know the older 2 drive DTS units will work when mounted vertically so that the face is pointing up. Anyone tried this with the new three drive 6D units? (Very limited rack-space here).  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 07-30-2001 01:27 AM                     A pain in the ass. We had these in roll-around carts that were face up. There are little clips in the drive trays that are supposed to keep the discs from falling out, but they never seemed to work. When the discs were ejected, they slipped out and fell *into* the unit, in the little gap between the drive and the face plate. We ended up just picking up the carts and laying them on their side on top of the consoles, sound racks or floor. No rack space? I had wall mounted racks in another theater that the DTS 6D was too deep for. I just set it on a popcorn oil can or milk crate under the sound rack and ran the cables up through holes in the bottom of the rack.  |  IP: Logged Rick Long Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 759 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 07-30-2001 07:38 AM                     OK, thanks for the warning, Adam. Will probably go the milk-crate route.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-30-2001 08:25 AM                     Geez, spend about 80 bucks a unit and get yourself a small rack...even if it has to sit on the floor. MArk @ GTS  |  IP: Logged Karen Hultgren Master Film Handler Posts: 492 From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-09-2001 05:11 PM                        It will work but you must be sure to lock the discs in place when loading them into the drawers. Otherwise, the discs won't play. Karen at DTS  |  IP: Logged

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