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Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 11-07-1999, 11:35 AM:
What other manuals would everyone like to see posted on the Adobe Manual Downloads page? I just sent Brad some more manuals (Christie and Strong material). I have another 29 misc. manuals still needing to be copied before I send them in.Anyone interested in seeing carbon arc lamphouse manuals posted? I also have the Strong carbon arc Trouper and Super Trouper spotlight manuals.
If anyone has any manuals we don't have, PLEASE send them in to Brad for posting. We all benefit from the wealth of information contained in the manuals.
Posted by Chris Erwin (Member # 176) on 11-07-1999, 12:07 PM:
Ken,I would really like to see those Carbon Arc Lamphouse manuals. I am a child of the platter and xenon, but I really like the older stuff too.
Thanks,
Chris
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 11-07-1999, 03:13 PM:
John Walsh sent in the Ashcraft Super Core-Lite carbon arc lamphouse manual and is currently being uploaded. This and all the new manuals will be fully available by Monday 11-8-99 for free download. We have also added another 600MEGS of storage space to make this possible and to prevent another glitch in the forum, which we experienced last Thursday when the 500MEG server hit it's limit.
Posted by Stefan Scholz (Member # 147) on 11-10-1999, 11:01 AM:
I have promised Brad to send some manuals on modern sound equipment, like recent trouble shooting and setup manuals for DTS, SDDS,..., but with my time schedule it takes time to do the photocopying. And the full SDDS manuals are about 4" thick, you could not copy this in total and convert to Acrobat... I think everybody should send in as much as possible, as everything could be helpful at a certain point.
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 11-10-1999, 01:09 PM:
Actually, that 4" SDDS manual would be quite helpful to many people. I used it to find out the automation configuration so I could wire up a bypass function for trailers to play at a lower volume in SR and then release the bypass at the feature cue. Don't know what I'd have done without it. It's gonna be a real pain to convert, though! The regular manual that comes with the units are the joke of all manuals, but the big ones are very helpful. I'll try and get them posted soon as the format has enough problems without people not knowing how to service them properly.Everyone please send what you can. All manuals are definitely welcome. Someone out there needs them! 
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 11-13-1999, 01:32 PM:
For carbon arc fans I just sent in these manuals:Peerless Magnarc Cinearc
Strong "Utility"
Strong "Low Intensity"
Heyer-Shultz reflector cross reference & specs
Posted by Charles Lubner (Member # 157) on 11-13-1999, 04:20 PM:
I've got a 4 page manual for the care of arclamp mirrors if anyone is interested. I also have the "Marcus Theatres Booth Operation Manual" from 1972. It's ancient, but it has threading diagrams for a variety of equipment, an entire chapter on 3D film, and maintenance tips.By the way, for a complete list of splicer parts, go to http://www.cinprod.com They have nice diagrams for Neumade and economy splicers, along with a full parts and price list. Very useful!
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 11-16-1999, 11:36 PM:
More manuals coming soon:Brenkert-RCA BX-100 projector
Xetron/Cinemeccanica CX-900 xenon lamphouse
Holmes 35mm equipment catalog (circa 1940)
HOLMES TYPE 8 & TYPE D 35mm portable projector
Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 11-17-1999, 08:04 AM:
Hey, Ken! I got the Eastman 25 manual yesterday. Wow! It's amazing what a letter to Kodak will do...
Too bad that Simplex isn't this good; if you call them up and ask about anything older than the X-L, they'll laugh at you. At least that's what happened to me.
Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 11-17-1999, 02:26 PM:
If you're going to put up carbon arc LH manuals, I vote for Super Cinex.
Posted by Trevor Bailey (Member # 75) on 11-17-1999, 05:39 PM:
It would be nice to find some detailed manuals for older Chrisitie lamphouses, power supplies, and consoles. I'm not talking about the standard blue cover things. They contain almost no useful parts information.Specifically:
CK20, CH10/20, H30, CC10/20
Also, anything on Eprad Universal or ORC XH-16S lamphouses would be great.
Thanks!
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 11-17-1999, 08:32 PM:
Trevor:
I do have a manual on the Eprad "Universal" lamphouse. I don't have one though, for the ORC XH-16s lamphouse, but I think I know someone who might.I have had a VERY tough time trying to find ANY kind of parts manuals for Christie lamphouses and power supplies. Usually all I find are the instruction manuals (which are almost always 4th generation photocopies).
Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 11-19-1999, 04:27 AM:
How about some manuals for Kalee 21's?
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 11-21-1999, 08:30 PM:
Coming soon:
Simplex "Regular" Parts
Simplex "Super" Parts
Simplex "E-7" Parts
More Kintek manuals
Eprad "Sword" Operating & Parts
Eprad Exciter supplies Schematics
Eprad "Auditorium Programmer" schematic
Eprad "Mini-Programmer" schematic
Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 11-21-1999, 10:19 PM:
Hey you guys, thanks for the Dolby manuals, and for going through the work required to get the official 'okey-doky' from Lonnie Jennings.
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 11-22-1999, 04:55 AM:
Yes, Lonny and all the guys at Dolby are absolutely fantastic and always very eager to help!F.Y.I. The CP55 and DA10 are coming soon.
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 11-22-1999, 09:50 PM:
Would anyone like me to send any tube amplifier stuff? I have some Simplex and RCA schematics and parts lists.
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 11-30-1999, 12:45 AM:
Coming soon:Big Sky C-2000 Console
Big Sky Series 1 Automation
Irem N3-X75DM Rectifier (1.6K & 2K)
DeVry "12000" series projector Operating & Service Manual
DeVry "12000" series projector Parts Manual
DeVry "12000" series projector detailed review and specs in INTERNATIONAL PROJECTIONIST magazine, July 1947
Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 11-30-1999, 10:32 PM:
Ken- BRING ON THE TOOBZ!Tubes RULE!
-Aaron
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 12-01-1999, 09:38 AM:
I need a Xetron Maxi 9 automation manual.
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 12-02-1999, 10:53 PM:
Coming soon:
Altec Tube amplifiers: 1566a, 1568a,1569a
Dolby CP-55
Xetron power supplies
Lots of Simplex TUBE amplifiers
More Christie lamphouses and consoles
Big Sky console
Big Sky automation
DEVRY 12000 series projectors
More Ballantyne stuff
Edlo ACE-100 mono sound system
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 12-04-1999, 02:09 AM:
MORE MANUALS COMING SOON:RGM MSS-4000 stereo sound system
Raven Mini-PEC automation
Christie CH20-cc20 console
Christie P35 (no suffix) projector
Motiograph PA & MA-7505-A Tube amplifiers
RCA PG-140 tube sound system Operating & Parts manual
RCA PG-142 tube sound system Operating & Parts manual
RCA PG-250 & 251 Drivein tube sound system Installation manual (includes field wiring and layout)
RCA PG-250 & 251 Drivein tube sound system Operating manual
RCA MI-4283H/MI-9250 PG-138 tube sound system
Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 12-04-1999, 03:24 PM:
I would like the matrix board schematic for the RGM processor
I have the rest of the book but not that
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 12-04-1999, 03:53 PM:
More coming soon:Osram xenon bulb to lamphouse cross reference
This one tells you what bulb goes in what make and models of lamphouse.
Posted by Ben Wales (Member # 92) on 12-04-1999, 03:59 PM:
I am looking myself for a drawing for a Control and Triac Board for a Orcon 1000B Xenon Lamphouse.
it is not in the manual I have.I have some manuals myself to copy and send in.
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 12-05-1999, 10:23 PM:
I need the Strong/Ballantyne SPA-3 automation manual.
Posted by Robert Throop (Member # 61) on 12-13-1999, 04:51 PM:
I would be interested in any of the Ampex or Electro Sound sound system manuals. Either tube or solid state.------------------
Posted by Andy Butler (Member # 267) on 12-16-1999, 09:16 AM:
I am searching for schematics for the Motiograph Mirrophonic Sound Systems MA7505 theater amplifiers.These are NOT MA7505A models. Different RC, different tube compliment. I suspect that these are much older due to the simplicity of the circuitry.
Tube compliment is (1) 6N7G, (2) 6L6G, (1) 6K6G and 5Z3 rectifier. Any information would be helpful.
Thank you
Andy Butler
Posted by Jon Bartow (Member # 241) on 12-16-1999, 11:11 PM:
If anyone has ANY literature for a Christie AM-9 lamphouse/automation I really, really need it! I have ten of them and the automations are slowly but surely failing. And without a schematic or manual I'm very limited as far as figuring out what is going wrong.
Thanks!
Posted by Jon Bartow (Member # 241) on 12-16-1999, 11:13 PM:
Also, Smart MOD II
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 03-04-2000, 01:25 AM:
Coming soon in the next few weeks will be these manuals:Xetron Maxi-9x/DC automation unit
ORC XPS20S-03 Power Supply (2000 watt, 3phase)
ORC XH-16s and XH-30s xenon lamphouse
Posted by Nic Margherio (Member # 273) on 03-04-2000, 02:24 PM:
The 4" SDDS manual I assume is for the DFP-2000. Is there a similar-sized manual for the DFP-3000? If so, I would LOVE to have it.
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 04-16-2000, 10:26 PM:
Coming Soon:EPRAD Drive-in Theater Speakers parts list
Koropp Drive-in Theater Speakers parts list
EPRAD Ramp Switching panel (for drive-ins)
EPRAD Downlite power supply & Switching unit
Posted by Richard Quesnelle (Member # 391) on 04-17-2000, 09:11 AM:
Ken,I have been looking to get manuals for Ballantyne model 6 soundhead, CIR splicer,and a Motiograph carbon arc lamphouse.
All our lamphouses were converted over to xenon back in the 80's. I don't have any info on what type of conversion kit would have been used. Do ingniters come seperately from the rectifier or are they a package?
Thanks
Richard
Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 04-17-2000, 10:53 AM:
Kniesley built your conversion kits. The ignitor is in the brown box that sits on top of the rectifier
Putting it there was the cheapest route for kniesley when they designed all there kits as they didn't have to deal with the heat and fitting it in the lamphouse
Some of the Magnarc conversions did have the ignitor in the lamphouse
Posted by Richard C. Wolfe (Member # 431) on 04-17-2000, 09:34 PM:
Anyone interested in manuals on Simplex silent projectors? I also have manuals for the old Brenkert Brentograph effects machines. How about theatre equipment supply catalouges from the twenties, thirties and forties? I have many of them.
Posted by David Kilderry (Member # 142) on 04-18-2000, 05:17 AM:
Ken, great news on the Eprad drive-in speaker stuff, how about other drive-in equipment brands?
Posted by Frank Wylie (Member # 400) on 04-18-2000, 09:21 AM:
How about parts lists and diagrams for Edison Projecting Kinetoscopes, Powers 5, Lubin Cineograph, and a few others? I have these in a 1913 book on motion picture exhibition. How do you handle submissions? I don't have the Adobe PDF authorware, so the best I could do is digital capture or scanning.
The book is very fragile, and I don't think I will be lending it out.
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Frank Wylie
Laboratory Supervisor
Library of Congress
Motion Picture Preservation Laboratory
All opinions expressed are my own and do not represent the official view of
the Library of Congress
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 04-18-2000, 02:29 PM:
Simply make single sided photocopies of the manuals and mail the copies to us. The address is under "contact" at the bottom of the screen.
Posted by John Eickhof (Member # 323) on 04-18-2000, 10:45 PM:
I can supply copies of christie C, CK, H, CH
10-40 equipt. as well as some of the odd ball stuff BSG, BFG, BFH lamphouses if needed.
Also, EPRAD universal, and DBL-MUT, Sword,
and the famous Simplex 'Areo-Matic' air driven platter system..(The big loud sucker)
Thousnads of others too plus complete ALTEC
SERVICE Manuals & RCA SREVICE Manuals..Let me
know...
Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 04-19-2000, 12:28 AM:
Drive in manuals coming soon:REED speakers parts list
Projected Sound speakers parts list
Eprad in car Heaters parts list
Speco speakers parts list
Speco in car Heaters parts list
Posted by Daryl Lund (Member # 356) on 11-05-2001, 01:09 AM:
Ken when are manuals comming?
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 11-05-2001, 01:24 AM:
I've got half a box "to scan", but haven't had the time yet. Joe is helping me on the picture warehouse updates first.
Posted by Wes Hughes (Member # 981) on 11-05-2001, 05:45 PM:
I have an old ORC lamphouse with no manual...I *THINK* it is ORC model 4000/6000, but I am not sure. Does anyone have the manual for that?