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Author Topic: Victoria 5 sound issues? Ron Davis Film Handler Posts: 23 From: Morgantown WV, USA Registered: Jan 2007 posted 01-10-2007 09:00 AM                        Greetings all! Let me start out by saying that I'm a complete newbie to all this, so be easy on me if I ask some blindingly obvious questions. I'm fairly new to the theater business and have recently taken over management of a small local theater. All 3 projectors are the same (the have labels that say VICTORIA 5 on them) but one of them is having sound issues. The weird part is that it seems the spoken word is ok, but any music tracks are VERY distorted. I noticed that, down by the sound drum there is a lever that constantly bobs up and down and it coincides with the distortion. I propped it up so the film just passes thru the rollers and doesn't even touch them and that seems to have fixed it. I'm sure its just a band-aid fix and would like to know if anyone has any experience with these projectors and maybe have run into this before? On a more general note, are there any maintenance documents out there that I could get ahold of? I'm sure I should be oiling something, but have no idea where to start. Thanks much all! -Ron  |  IP: Logged Sam D. Chavez Film God Posts: 2153 From: Martinez, CA USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 01-10-2007 10:43 AM                       I would guess you have an out of round or stuck lay down roller (the one above the sound drum) or a dent in the sound drum. There is also a dashpot (a shock absorber below the sound drum that requires fluid). That will do for a start.  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 01-10-2007 01:56 PM                     The "brute force" roller on top of the sound drum may of never had the roller bearings oiled and may have developed a flat spot. The outside part of the drum has a cover plate with a center screw, remove to check if the outside endbell of the drum is properly square and seated on the shaft; this end is held on with three screws and a locator pin. The fit of the end bell is tight to the shaft and sometimes people do not reseat it properly or evenly tighten the screws. Finally bearings on the main shaft or someone may have dropped the sound drum endbell on the floor during as service check.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-10-2007 02:42 PM                     damping fluid is the most often culprit I have found or the set screw on the collar that sets the spring tension on the lay in roller has shifted  |  IP: Logged Ron Davis Film Handler Posts: 23 From: Morgantown WV, USA Registered: Jan 2007 posted 01-10-2007 05:44 PM                        Excellent!! I'm not the most technical, so I'll have to give the machine a 'once over' to try to identify some of these parts, but atleast I know what I'm looking for. As for the fluid, does it take any particular kind? Or will the same oil I use in the roller system work on the sound part? Its HIGHLY possible that this fluid is out because the oil level on the belt driven assembly was bone dry when I looked at it tonight! Thanks gents! Next time you are in town, the pizza is on me  |  IP: Logged Cameron Glendinning Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 845 From: West Ryde, Sydney, NSW Australia Registered: Dec 2005 posted 01-10-2007 06:36 PM                     Dash pot requires a special fluid, not a motor oil. It can be ordered in and is supplied by cinemacanicia who make the projector, genuine is good. It resembles baby oil, not projector oil.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-10-2007 06:41 PM                     It is a silicon damping fluid that is made for many dash pot applications  |  IP: Logged Ron Davis Film Handler Posts: 23 From: Morgantown WV, USA Registered: Jan 2007 posted 01-10-2007 06:53 PM                        Sorry to sound so new.. but, I've looked around the sound drum (big silver bell shaped gizmo) and cant see any kind of fluid indicator or even an input? We dont have a manual on the machines and I've not had much luck digging one up. Is there a standard place where I can check the level? Thanks again guys! -Ron  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 01-10-2007 07:10 PM                     Just to the right of the sound drum you either have a little casting with a "tank" with a spring loaded assembly with two small rollers ( dashpot assembly ) that the film rides on top en route to the last film sprocket...or....a pair of rollers mounted on a spring loaded swivel bar ( economy flutter roller set ) which requires no damping fluid. If there is nothing but a flat spot on the projector casting with some threaded 4 or 5mm holes, then you do not have this "accessory" In emergency, for short term use, I have used castor oil available at most pharmacies on off beaten travels.....it doesn't cure the Cinemeccanica but the patient is able to give a presentable response.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 01-11-2007 07:13 AM                     Here's a picture of the sound drum for a V8, which (for this topic) is very close to a V5.  |  IP: Logged

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