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Author Topic: Sony SDDS, alive or dead !! James R. Hammonds, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 931 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-20-2002 11:42 PM                     True, but Glenn may also be right given the information he just posted. If the information is accurate, Paramount rarely used SDDS to begin with, but will not use it anymore. If it is false, they will keep using it, but only on select titles, or one day decide to use it on all titles. By the way, they use DTS on most if not all titles also.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-21-2002 12:14 AM                     Aaron, In the last 12 months, I've yet to get a repair bill from Sony for $1000 or more on 2000 series boards. Sony has what they call a FRB (field replacement block)...which is read "Repair/exchange." It is a bit more pricy than from USL or Dolby but then again those boards are bit more complex too. I wonder how much Dolby will be charging for RX on the CP-650's boards. I believe Mark indicated it will be determined based upon repair. Already, there are boards in the CP-500 that are replace only. It seems like the "Wave of the future." Steve ------------------ "Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-22-2002 07:48 AM                     Years ago I was a bench tech for Panasonic and worked at the Chicago service center. We were not allowed to replace entire boards but only to troubleshoot and replace components at that level. Basically they did not supply entire PCB's except in a very special instance or two. Aside from having to work this way were graded monthly on how many units we repaired vs. how many come backs there were vs. hours worked. IMHO this is a far bette way to do service buisness and it is far more environmentally friendly. Mark @ GTS  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 04-22-2002 09:11 PM                     The problem is that today's PC boards use very fine pitch surface mount devices - with large programmable logic (gate arrays.) Even a big company like Sony could not justify the large expense to equip several service centers with auto testers (GenRad, etc.) and pay for all the tooling to hold and probe the PC board (vacuum fixtures, etc.) This is especially true of something made in small quantities like cinema equipment. Brad, that's interesting about the 2.92 software. But, when we put it back, it worked OK.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-22-2002 09:29 PM                     John, it sounds like your rollaround dts cart is wired to jumper the appropriate pins on the DFP-3000's DB37 automation jack. Things do reportedly work fine if they are hard wired. I am just annoyed that I can no longer use the software to tell the DFP-3000 that an input is valid and "live" full time if I want to. This is essential when routing the signal through a CP200 as I do.  |  IP: Logged

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