Kinoton FP 30 D User manual

DIGITAL CINEMA
FILM TECHNOLOGY
STUDIO TECHNOLOGY
CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS
360° DISPLAY SYSTEMS
Operating Manual
FP 30 D 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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Printed in Germany, Issue May 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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Contents
Contents
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3 Special Hazard Points................................ 4
1.3.1 Electric Power Hazards.................................... 4
1.3.2 Lamphouse Hazards ...................................... 5
1.3.2.1 Broken Glass............................................ 5
1.3.2.2 UV Radiation ............................................ 5
1.3.2.3 High Voltage ............................................ 5
1.3.3 Mechanical Danger ....................................... 5
1.4 Preventing Projector Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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
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2.1 Transportation...................................... 9
2.2 Delivery or Equipment Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.3 Installation........................................ 10
2.3.1 Place of Installation, Place of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3.2 Important Hints for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.3.3 Additional Installation Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.4 Mounting ......................................... 13
2.4.1 Filling with Oil .......................................... 13
2.4.2 Installing and Connecting the Lamphouse Components . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4.3 Connecting the Water Cooling (option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4.4 Projector Terminal Strips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.4.5 Connecting to the Non-Rewind System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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3.1 Components Overview .............................. 18
3.1.1 Housing ............................................... 18
3.1.2 Projection Components Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
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 ..................................... 28
3.2.10 Framing ............................................... 28
3.2.11 Constant Speed Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.3 Reverse-Scan Sound Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.3.1 Analog Reverse-Scan Sound Device (non-upgradeable) . . . . . . . . . 30
3.3.2 Reverse-Scan Sound Device Analog and optional DOLBY Digital
(upgradeable) .......................................... 31
3.3.2.1 Components ........................................... 31
3.3.3 Sound Tracks on the Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.4 SDDS Reader / DTS Reader (option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.5 Film Cleaner (option)................................ 32
3.6 Drive and Electronic Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.6.1 Main Drive ............................................. 34
3.6.2 Intermittent Movement
(also called a Maltese Cross or a Geneva Movement) . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.6.3 Friction Drives .......................................... 36
3.6.3.1 Take-Off Friction (non-driven) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.6.3.2 Take-Up Friction (driven) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.6.3.3 Electronically Controlled Friction Drives (option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.6.3.4 Reel Shaft on Change Flange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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3.6.4 Relay Control Board, Frequency Inverter, Power Supply Unit. . . . . . 38
3.6.5 LED Power Supply Board for the Reverse-Scan Sound Device . . . . 38
3.6.6 Automation Systems ..................................... 38
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4.1 Main Switch....................................... 39
4.2 Projector Operating Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.3 Friction Control .................................... 40
4.4 Remote Control Panels (option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.4.1 “BWR” Control Panel..................................... 41
4.4.2 Auditorium Panel........................................42
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5.1 Switch On and Start the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.2 Stop and Switch Off Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.3 Threading for Projection Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5.4 Troubleshooting.................................... 45
5.4.1 General Hints........................................... 45
5.4.2 Projector Troubleshooting Chart (Type 1 errors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5.4.3 Projector Troubleshooting Chart (Type 2 errors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5.4.4 Analog Sound .......................................... 47
5.4.5 Digital Sound........................................... 47
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6.1 General Hints ..................................... 49
6.2 Cleaning ......................................... 49
6.3 Maintenance ...................................... 51
6.3.1 Drain and Rell Oil (Kinoton type 3672 oil):. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.3.2 Changing the Intermittent Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.4 Repair and Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.4.1 Changing the Pilot Lamp..................................52
6.4.2 Adjusting the Film Pressure Skate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.4.3 Adjusting the Height of the Film Pressure Skate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.4.4 Changing the 35 mm Film Runner Strips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.4.5 Adjusting the Lens Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.4.6 Changing a Constant Speed Sprocket / Pad Shoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.4.7 Adjusting the Tension of the Pad Shoe Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.4.8 Adjusting the Distance between Pad Shoe and Sprocket . . . . . . . . . 57

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6.4.9 Adjusting the IR Reex Film Break Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.4.10 Changing and Lubricating the Felt Disk of the Mechanical Friction. . 58
6.4.11 Adjusting the Mechanical Friction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.4.12 Tension the Chains ...................................... 59
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7.1 Parts for the Film Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7.2 Parts for the Feed/Bottom Sprocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7.3 Parts for Guide Rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7.4 Other Parts ....................................... 61
7.5 Parts for Motors and Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7.6 Film Spools ....................................... 66
7.7 Interchangeable Flanges with Friction Shafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
7.8 35 mm Apertures for Aperture Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
7.9 Single Apertures ................................... 67
7.10 Adapter Rings for 35 mm Lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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8.1 Technical Data .................................... 69
8.1.1 Projector .............................................. 69
8.1.2 Reverse-Scan Sound Device Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
8.2 Plans of Terminal Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
8.2.1 Relay Control Board 8134-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
8.2.2 Projector Terminal Strips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
8.2.2.1 Terminal Strip X1 (main terminal strip) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
8.2.2.2 Terminal Strip X2 (projector functions terminal strip). . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
8.2.2.3 Terminal Strip X3 (auditorium function terminal strip, optional) . . . . . 73
8.2.3 Sound Output on 8-pole Terminal Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
8.3 Circuit Diagrams ................................... 75
8.3.1 FP 30 D ............................................... 75
8.3.2 Lamphouse 230 V Mains Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
8.3.3 Lamphouse 120 V Mains Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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Safety Instructions
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»Read this operating manual before operating the projector.
»This operating manual is to be kept with the projector at all times.
»For safe and trouble free operation of the projector a good working knowledge of
basic safety regulations and the projector’s correct use is required.
»This operating manual contains the most important instructions for running the projec-
tor safely.
»This operating manual must be read and understood by all persons working with the
projector, with particular emphasis on all aspects regarding safety.
»In addition, all valid regulations and measures concerning accident prevention must
be observed.
»The owner is responsible to assure that all persons who work with and / or operate
the projector are familiar with safe operating practices and accident prevention tech-
niques and have a complete working knowledge of the projector and all additional
machines and components of the system.
»Those persons who work with the projector are responsible:
- to observe safe operating practices and accident prevention techniques
- to have read and fully understand the safety chapter and the warnings within this
operating manual.
»The place on which the projector will be installed must be even, solid and clean.
»Installation and basic adjustment must always be carried out by trained service
personnel.
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Projectors are constructed according to the latest engineering and state-of-the art safety
standards. The projector is only to be used for its intended purpose and is only used
when functioning absolutely perfectly.
Serious danger may result from improper use of the projector, causing injury to the user
or a third person, or damage may be done to the projector or other items in the vicinity.
Faults that could adversely affect safety must be rectied immediately.
The projector must not be used until any faults are rectied.

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The projector is suitable to reproduce 35 mm lm images and sound.
Any other or further use is not classied as an “intended purpose”. KINOTON cannot be
held liable for any damage resulting from different or extended operation.
As part of the “intended purpose” these tasks must be performed:
»Observing all instructions and warnings contained in this manual
»Inspecting the equipment for damage and correct function
»Implementation of maintenance and repair work.
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By reference KINOTON’s “General Terms of Business” apply. They are available to the
customer on conclusion of sale at the latest.
Guarantee and liability claims for damage to persons and property are invalid if due to
one of the following causes:
»Improper use of the projector
»Improper assembly, commissioning, operating and maintenance of the projector
»Operation the projector with defective and / or non-functioning safety and protection
devices
»Activating the lamphouse via the rectier and not via the projector
»Disregarding of the instructions in the manual concerning transportation, storage,
assembly, commissioning, operation and maintenance
»Modication of the projector without written authorisation from the manufacturer
»Connecting to power other than as specied
»Failure to monitor and/or replace parts subject to wear and tear
»Improper repairs
»Emergencies due to inuence from outside bodies or force majeure.