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Topic: Several questions regarding DTS XD10
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Leo Enticknap
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From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 03-01-2015 04:34 PM
My guess is that there's a bug in the bootloader of the 2.2.0.6 update disc and/or the version of the software that was on Fabian's and my unit to start with, such that under some circumstances, when it displays "Press enter to continue" on the front panel of the unit, it's actually listening for the enter key being pressed on a PS/2 keyboard, not the enter button on the front of the unit.
Given that the update DVD contains a warning on the label to the effect that running it will nuke all configuration settings and ingested audio tracks, I'm further guessing that it at least reformats the hard drive and possibly even rewrites the MBR at the start of the installation process. So if you have a PS/2 keyboard easily to hand but do not fancy taking the player out of the rack, opening it up and extracting the HDD from it, using it is probably a quicker way of achieving the same result.
That having been said, any XD-10 in use now that still has its factory-installed, original HDD probably has a drive in it that is 5-10 years old and therefore effectively on borrowed time, especially if it's been doing significant hours each day. That, IMHO, is an argument in favor of replacing it with a new one anyway, especially if the player is to continue in regular service (e.g. for DTS 70 shows).
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Jack Ondracek
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From: Port Orchard, WA, USA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 03-02-2015 12:54 AM
quote: Brad Miller Honestly if I had to choose between a used XD10 vs. a dts6-d (3 drawers) with no backup unit for a dts70 show (since those don't have an analog emergency fallback), I would rather have the dts6-d. If a cdrom drive died in the 6-d, at least the disc could be quickly moved to the third drive and the show continue to run. On the XD10 if the hard drive starts to die, you're dead.
Good point. In our case (somewhat unusual, granted), our double-feature format required that we swap discs every night before every show. That was doable, but a pain. We enjoyed our last few years with film a bit more after we swapped our 6-D units for XD10s.
I recall something similar about the upgrade problem. I think DTS had to send me some files on a thumb drive. After I loaded those, the new version upgraded fine. I could be wrong, but the thumb drive may have had a version that you could not jump over with the ones on the DVDs.
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