Kinoton FP 75 E User manual

DIGITAL CINEMA
FILM TECHNOLOGY
STUDIO TECHNOLOGY
CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS
360° DISPLAY SYSTEMS
Operating Manual
FP 75 E Double-Format Cinema 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 August 2012
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 Water Flow Control ....................................... 8
1.6.5 Door Switches ........................................... 8

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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
2.3.4 Installing and Connecting the Lamphouse Components . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.3.5 Projector Terminal Strips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3.6 Connecting the Water Cooling (option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.3.7 Connecting the Non-Rewind System to the Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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3.1 Components Overview .............................. 16
3.1.1 Housing ............................................... 17
3.1.2 Projection Components................................... 17
3.2 Film Gate and Film Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2.1 Film Pressure Skate ..................................... 18
3.2.2 The Dowser............................................ 19
3.2.3 Single Aperture Plates.................................... 19
3.2.4 Lens Holder............................................ 20
3.2.4.1 Manual Focusing on the Lens Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.2.4.2 Electronically Controlled Lens Holder Focusing (option) . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.2.5 Opposed Rotating Double Shutter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2.6 Combined Intermittent Sprocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.2.6.1 Framing ............................................... 22
3.2.7 Constant Speed Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.2.8 Changing the Film Gate and Sprocket Parts (35 mm / 70 mm). . . . . 24

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3.3 Sound Devices .................................... 25
3.3.1 Reverse-Scan Sound Device
(analog and optional DOLBY digital / upgradeable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.3.1.1 Components ........................................... 25
3.3.1.2 Sound Tracks on the Films (35 mm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.3.2 Magnetic Sound Device (70 mm lm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.3.3 DTS/SDDS Reader ...................................... 26
3.4 Drive Components.................................. 27
3.4.1 Main Drive ............................................. 27
3.4.2 Intermittent Sprocket Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.4.3 Electronically Controlled Friction Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.4.3.1 Friction Control ......................................... 28
3.4.3.2 Reel Shaft on Change Flange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.4.4 Shutter Drive ........................................... 29
3.5 Electronic Components.............................. 30
3.5.1 Components in the Projector Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.5.2 Components on the Basic Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.5.3 Shutter Drive Frequency Inverter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.5.4 LED Board for Reverse-Scan Sound Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.6 Automation Systems................................ 32
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4.1 Main Switch....................................... 33
4.2 Operating Panel ................................... 33
4.3 Friction Control .................................... 34
4.4 Remote Control Panels (option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.4.1 Projection Room Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.4.2 Auditorium Panel........................................36

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5.1 Switch on and Start Projector / Stop and Switch off Projector 37
5.2 Threading for Projection Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.3 Different Projection Speeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.3.1 General Keys...........................................40
5.3.2 Projection / Forward Running at 24 fps or 25 fps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.3.3 Reverse Running (option with reverse running unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.3.4 Projecting at VARIA Speed (option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.4 Change-Over Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5.5 Changing the Film Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5.6 Troubleshooting.................................... 43
5.6.1 General Hints........................................... 43
5.6.2 Projector Troubleshooting Chart (Type 1 errors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.6.3 Projector Troubleshooting Chart (Type 2 errors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.6.4 Analog Sound .......................................... 45
5.6.5 Digital Sound........................................... 45
5.7 Error Indication with LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.7.1 Interface Board .........................................46
5.7.2 Intermittent Sprocket Power Supply Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.7.3 Main Board ............................................ 47

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6.1 General Hints ..................................... 49
6.2 Cleaning ......................................... 49
6.3 Maintenance ...................................... 50
6.4 Repair ........................................... 51
6.4.1 Changing the Pilot Lamp.................................. 51
6.4.2 Changing a Constant Speed Sprocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.4.3 Adjusting the Distance between Pad Shoe and Sprocket . . . . . . . . . 52
6.4.4 Adjusting the IR Reex Film Break Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.4.5 Adjusting the Film Pressure Skate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.4.5.1 Checking and Adjusting the Skate Lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.4.5.2 Checking and Adjusting the Film Pressure Skate Height . . . . . . . . . 54
6.4.5.3 Adjusting the Pressure of the Skate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.4.6 Adjusting the Lens Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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7.1 Film Gate Parts (35 mm / 70 mm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7.2 Feed/Bottom Sprockets (35 mm / 70 mm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7.3 Guide Rollers and Pendulum Rollers (35 mm / 70 mm) . . . . . 57
7.4 Other Parts ....................................... 57
7.5 Film Spools ....................................... 60
7.6 Interchangeable Flanges with Shafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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8.1 Technical Data .................................... 61
8.1.1 Projector .............................................. 61
8.1.2 Reverse-Scan Sound Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
8.1.3 Magnetic Sound Device Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
8.2 Plans of Terminal Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
8.2.1 Plan of X1 Main Terminal Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
8.2.2 Plan of X2 Terminal Strip for Projector Functions (optional). . . . . . . 64
8.2.3 Plan of X3 Terminal Strip for Auditorium Functions (option) . . . . . . . 65
8.2.4 BWR Control Panel on Terminal Strips X2 + X3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
8.2.5 35 mm Sound Output on 8-pole Terminal Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
8.3 Block and Circuit Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.3.1 Block Diagram (Components Overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.3.2 Main Board Components Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
8.3.3 Lamphouse for 230 V Mains Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
8.3.4 Lamphouse for 120 V Mains Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70