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Joshua Wood
Film Handler

Posts: 6
From: Santa Rita, GU, USA
Registered: Oct 2001

posted 12-08-2001 11:02 PM

Is it possible to trick a DTS unit into playing a DTS disk without film being run through the projector?

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John Walsh
Film God

Posts: 2490
From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 12-08-2001 11:14 PM

Yes. If you search past topics, you will find the way. PS: You will need to plug a IBM (PS2-type) keyboard into the back of the DTS unit.

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 12-09-2001 01:14 AM

You don't need a keyboard (unless you want to listen to the ENTIRE disc). But you will need an Empirical Test Disc, available at your local grocery store.

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Greg Mueller
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1687
From: Port Gamble, WA
Registered: Jun 99

posted 12-09-2001 11:18 AM

Seems to work only on 3 drawer units

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Antonio Marcheselli
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Florence, Italy
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 12-09-2001 11:20 AM

John,
Joshua needs an AT keyboard, not a PS/2

Joe,
Why the "empirical test disk"? I believe that joshua wants to play a movie disk, in that case he needs a keyboard. But I remember that someone said that with new version of software the keyboard way is no longer supported.

Bye
Antonio

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Brad Miller
Administrator

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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 12-09-2001 02:53 PM

You can put a certain version of the Empirical disc in drive C and the movie disc in drive A, reboot and it will play reel 1. This only works with certain firmware and versions of the 6-d unit.

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John Walsh
Film God

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From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 12-09-2001 04:53 PM

Antonio; Yes you're right; I meant "big plug, but not XT type..!" As you can see I was sleeping when I typed PS2...

Why would they take out the keyboard feature?

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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 12-09-2001 11:44 PM

I have sucessfully played R-1 of a feature using the Emperical Test disc in Drive-A on both 2-drawer, and 3-drawer units as well as the DTS-6AD (which has some clearly nifty features on it anyway).

Steve

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Greg Mueller
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1687
From: Port Gamble, WA
Registered: Jun 99

posted 12-10-2001 09:25 AM

So Steve you put the Emperical Test disc in Drive-A and the disk A in Drive-B, on a two drawer, and it worked? Did you have a keyboard plugged in? I want to make mine do that

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Antonio Marcheselli
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1260
From: Florence, Italy
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 12-10-2001 11:28 AM

Steve,

But should you have to hear the empirical disk to the end???
Once our tech put the level disk (I do not remember the code) in drive A and feature disk 1 in drive B. When the level track were completed the player started with track 1 of the feature disk.

Karen,
Is is possible to know how to modify (and if it is possible) the CFG files on the DTS disk so that we can create our DTS disk to test our systems?
For example, I usually test my theater witn TITANIC. But I have to plug the keyboard and go through menus by mind to select the correct track.
It would be great if we can create our disk with, for example, just the reel 3 of one movie that starts by itself.
I saw something in the CFG file but I don't know if it can be modified.

Bye
Antonio

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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 12-11-2001 12:42 AM

Greg,

You got it...Emperical Test Disc in "A" and the feature's Disk A in Drive "B" and it should start playing R-1 of your feature's disc...when R-1 is over...it will replay R-1 (I believe).

Steve

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Karen Hultgren
Master Film Handler

Posts: 492
From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 12-11-2001 01:29 PM

Yes, there are several tricks.

Karen at DTS

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Antonio Marcheselli
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1260
From: Florence, Italy
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 12-11-2001 02:41 PM

Karen,

How much mystery around the tricky procedures...

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Greg Mueller
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1687
From: Port Gamble, WA
Registered: Jun 99

posted 12-11-2001 02:53 PM

Do tell....

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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 12-11-2001 07:55 PM

I like the "trick" because it will let a tech evaluate a sound system with a known soundtrack without having to have the film. In such cases, R-1 is all that is needed since it typically will have music as well as dialog. Regardless if this is a designed in feature or a happly glitch, I like it!

Steve

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