Kinoton FP 25 E PREMIERE User manual

DIGITAL CINEMA
FILM TECHNOLOGY
STUDIO TECHNOLOGY
CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS
360° DISPLAY SYSTEMS
Operating Manual
FP 25 E PREMIERE Projector

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Dear customer,
this operating manual will help you get acquainted with the projector and to make use of
its possible applications in accordance with the requirements.
This operating manual includes important hints for a safe, proper, correct and economic
operation.
It will also help you to avoid danger, to reduce failures and to increase life and reliability
of the projector.
This operating manual includes useful hints for proprietor and personnel obligations.
It does not substitute, but supports, a thorough training period.
We conrm that the information given in this manual is true and correct to the best of
our knowledge and belief. However, notwithstanding all best care and attention, techni-
cal inaccuracies and typographical errors cannot be fully excluded.
As far as we did not assure explicitly and written form any special characteristics and
suitability of a product for a certain intended purpose, the statement in this manual are
generally without obligation.
All descriptions, illustrations and technical data comply with the technical status of the
product at the date of printing of this manual. Any modications are subject to change
without prior notice due to ongoing further development.

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Germany - 8 21 10 Germering
Printed in Germany, Issue June 2011
This operating manual – even in extracts – may only be reprinted or otherwise copied
with special, written permission from KINOTON GmbH.
Editor responsible for the contents: KINOTON GmbH
Editing and layout: Carmen Auer - KINOTON GmbH
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1.1 Safety Notes ....................................... 1
1.1.1 General Hints............................................ 1
1.1.2 Dangers when Working with the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.3 Intended Purpose ........................................ 2
1.1.4 Guarantee and Liability .................................... 2
1.2 Explanations of Symbols and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3 Special Hazard Points................................ 3
1.3.1 Electric Power Hazards.................................... 3
1.3.2 Warning Risk of Fire ...................................... 4
1.3.3 Lamphouse Hazards ...................................... 4
1.3.3.1 Broken Glass............................................ 4
1.3.3.2 Ultraviolet Radiation....................................... 4
1.3.3.3 High Voltage ............................................ 4
1.3.4 Mechanical Danger ....................................... 5
1.4 Preventing Projector Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5 Service ........................................... 6
1.6 Protective Devices................................... 7
1.6.1 Main Switch............................................. 7
1.6.2 IR Reex Film Break Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.6.3 Film Stripper ............................................ 7
1.6.4 Spool Tower Film Break Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.6.5 Lamphouse Door Switch ................................... 8
1.6.6 Lamphouse Airow Switch.................................. 9
1.6.7 Heat Filter .............................................. 9

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2.1 Transportation..................................... 11
2.2 Delivery or Equipment Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.3 Installation........................................ 12
2.3.1 Place of Installation, Place of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.3.2 Important Hints for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3.3 Additional Installation Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.3.4 Installing and Connecting the Lamphouse Components . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.3.5 Adjusting the Projector Inclining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.3.6 Connecting the Water Cooling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.4 Connecting the Projector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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3.1 Components Overview .............................. 17
3.1.1 Projection Drive.........................................17
3.1.2 Projector Head.......................................... 17
3.1.3 Spool Tower............................................ 17
3.1.4 Spool Rack ............................................ 17
3.1.5 Projector Variations...................................... 18
3.1.6 Projector Head.......................................... 18
3.2 Film Gate and Film Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.2.1 Film Pressure Skate ..................................... 19
3.2.2 The Dowser............................................ 20
3.2.3 Single Aperture Plates (only with manual lens turret or lens holder). 21
3.2.4 Aperture Changer (option, only with electronic lens turret) . . . . . . . . 21
3.2.4.1 Drive and Control........................................ 22
3.2.4.2 Format Change with Three Lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.2.4.3 Format Change with Two Lenses Turret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.2.4.4 Changing the Format Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.2.5 Lens Holder............................................ 23

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3.2.6 Lens Turret (option)...................................... 24
3.2.6.1 Manual Lens Change..................................... 24
3.2.6.2 Electronically Controlled Lens Change (option). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.2.7 Focusing .............................................. 26
3.2.7.1 Manual Focusing with Lens Turret / Lens Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.2.7.2 Electronic Focusing with Lens Turret (option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.2.7.3 Electronically Controlled Lens Holder Focusing (option) . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.2.8 Rotating Shutter......................................... 27
3.2.9 Intermittent Sprocket ..................................... 27
3.2.10 Framing ............................................... 27
3.2.11 Constant Speed Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.3 Reverse-Scan Sound Device
(analog and optional DOLBY digital / upgradeable) . . . . . . . . 29
3.3.1 Components ........................................... 29
3.3.2 Sound Tracks on the Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.4 DTS/SDDS Reader................................. 30
3.5 Film Cleaner (option)................................ 30
3.6 Drive Components in the Projector Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.6.1 Main Drive ............................................. 31
3.6.2 PREMIERE Intermittent Sprocket Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.7 Electronic Components.............................. 32
3.7.1 Main Board and LED Power Supply Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.8 Spool Tower Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.8.1 Lever Arm ............................................. 35
3.8.2 Guide Rollers........................................... 36
3.8.3 Friction Drive and Electronic Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.9 Spool Rack Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.9.1 Non-Driven Rear Side Take-off Friction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.9.2 Electronically Controlled Fore Side Take-up Friction. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.9.3 Electronically Controlled Fore Side and Rear Side Friction Drives
(option)................................................ 40

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3.9.4 Reel Shaft on an Interchangeable Flange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.10 Lamphouse Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.10.1 Xenon Unit............................................. 42
3.10.2 Xenon Bulb ............................................ 42
3.10.3 Mirror................................................. 43
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4.1 Projector Operating Panel (external). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.2 Operating Mode Switch (option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.3 Spool Tower Operating Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.3.1 Main Switch............................................ 46
4.3.2 Toggle Switch: Spool Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.3.3 Rotary Switch: Operating Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.3.4 Stop Button ............................................47
4.3.5 Potentiometer: Reel Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.3.6 LED: Ready............................................ 47
4.4 Spool Rack Operating Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.4.1 Standard Spool Rack
(1 electronic friction drive - for projection only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.4.2 Optional Spool Rack
(2 electronic friction drives - for projection and rewinding) . . . . . . . . 48
4.4.3 Main Switch on Spool Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.4.4 Rotary Switches: Selecting the Spool Size / Rotation Direction . . . . 49
4.4.5 Rotary Switch: Switching Friction Drive ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.4.6 Fuse.................................................. 49
4.5 Lamphouse Operating Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.5.1 Main Switch............................................ 50
4.5.2 Operating Hour Counter .................................. 50
4.5.3 Ammeter .............................................. 51
4.5.4 Ignition Button .......................................... 51
4.5.5 Fuse.................................................. 51

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5.1 Switch on and Start Projector / Stop and Switch off Projector 53
5.2 Threading the Film for Projection Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.2.1 FP 25 E with Spool Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.2.1.1 Threading Overview...................................... 54
5.2.1.2 General Threading through the Projector Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5.2.1.3 Starting the Projection.................................... 56
5.2.1.4 Ending or Stopping the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
5.2.2 FP 25 E with Spool Rack (standard with 1 friction drive) . . . . . . . . . 57
5.2.2.1 Threading Overview...................................... 57
5.2.2.2 Starting the Projection.................................... 57
5.2.2.3 Ending or Stopping the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.2.3 FP 25 E with Spool Rack (option with 2 friction drives) . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.2.3.1 Threading Overview...................................... 58
5.2.3.2 Starting the Projection.................................... 59
5.2.3.3 Ending or Stopping the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.3 Rewind, Make-Up and Tear-Down a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.3.1 FP 25 E with Spool Tower: Make-Up,
Tear-Down and Rewind Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.3.1.1 General Threading....................................... 61
5.3.1.2 Making Up a Program .................................... 61
5.3.1.3 Rewinding the Program................................... 62
5.3.1.4 Tearing Down the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.3.2 FP 25 E with Spool Rack (2 friction drives): Rewind Operation. . . . . 64
5.3.2.1 Threading Overview...................................... 64
5.3.2.2 Rewinding the Program................................... 64
5.4 Different Projection Speeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.4.1 General Keys...........................................65
5.4.2 Projection / Forward Running at 24 fps or 25 fps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.4.3 Reverse Running (option with reverse running unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.4.4 Projecting at VARIA Speed (option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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5.5 Change-Over Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.6 Troubleshooting.................................... 67
5.6.1 General Hints........................................... 67
5.6.2 Projector Troubleshooting Chart (Type 1 errors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.6.3 Projector Troubleshooting Chart (Type 2 errors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.6.4 Analog Sound .......................................... 69
5.6.5 Digital Sound........................................... 69
5.6.6 Spool Tower Troubleshooting Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5.6.7 Lamphouse Troubleshooting Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5.7 Error Indication with LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5.7.1 Interface Board .........................................71
5.7.2 FPS 300 Power Supply Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5.7.3 Main Board ............................................ 72
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6.1 General Hints ..................................... 73
6.2 Cleaning ......................................... 73
6.3 Maintenance ...................................... 75
6.4 Repair and Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.4.1 Changing the Pilot Lamp.................................. 76
6.4.2 Adjusting the Pressure of the Skate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.4.3 Adjusting the Film Pressure Skate Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.4.4 Changing the 35 mm Film Runner Strips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
6.4.5 Adjusting the Lens Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
6.4.6 Changing a Constant Speed Sprocket / Pad Shoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
6.4.7 Adjusting the Tension of the Pad Shoe Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6.4.8 Adjusting the Distance between Pad Shoe and Sprocket . . . . . . . . . 80
6.4.9 Adjusting the IR Reex Film Break Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6.4.10 Changing and Lubricating the Felt Disks of the Mechanical Friction. 81
6.4.11 Changing the Xenon Bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82