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Author Topic: Final Destination 2 DTS problem. Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 01-30-2003 10:32 PM                     Anybody have problems with this movie playing in DTS? One of the theaters in my company is having problems with the digital switching on and off on three different reels. I haven't run our print yet so I don't know if have a similar problem.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 01-31-2003 02:56 AM                    Could be a weak DTS timecode reader. I have had that happen before. When they are weak they have a lot of trouble reading timecodes that may not be tracking on the film correctly or when the timecode is not consistntly bright and legible for the reader to pick up.  |  IP: Logged Tim Turner Film Handler Posts: 87 From: Chula Vista, CA, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-31-2003 09:15 AM                     Darryl, So what can be done about that? Just replacing it?  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 01-31-2003 09:21 AM                    Well, you can go to the DTS web site and get the directions on how to check and set the LED's. But if your reader is an old one 5 years or older you would want to get a replacement from DTS.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-31-2003 11:21 AM                     I noticed the DTS track on this print seemed unusually narrow, but thought nothing of it. I haven't heard our print yet. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 01-31-2003 11:27 AM                     Well according to them, the unit was working perfectly with whatever they were playing in there before. I would think that it would be some what of a coincidence that the unit would stop working just as they were screening FD2. But I've been here long enough to know that pretty much anything is possible.  |  IP: Logged Karen Hultgren Master Film Handler Posts: 492 From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-31-2003 11:29 AM                        Michael, If only a few reels are having drop-out problems and you see that the timecode track is narrow, I'd say those reels are bad and should be replaced. Checking your reader (as mentioned) is always a good idea. It should be done about twice a year and is easy to do. If you need the tech notice, please send me an email and I'll send it to you. If a reader will not adjust to the proper level, you must do a repair/exchange on the reader. Karen at DTS khultgren@dtsonline.com  |  IP: Logged

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