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Distored audio coming from projector


Jim Moore

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Today I tried to screen some finished pieces on a B&H 2580 16mm projector. The audio was very distorted, with any luck I could make out half of the dialog. I swapped exciter lamps and refocused the light beam hitting the photo cell but to no avail.

 

Can anybody point me in the right direction on where to look next? It happens on multiple reels.

 

Thanks

Jim

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It's always good to have a piece of film with the same type of sound on it as your present film that you KNOW is not distorted, and see how that sounds. If the previously played back piece of sample 16mm sounds ok now, then maybe there is problem with your film. If the sound is distorted on the sample piece of film that you know from prior projection has normal sound, then you probably have a projection issue or downstream audio amplification issue.

If the projector has a headphone jack by all means check that out and also check where the volume dial is set to and slowly move it around and evaluate.

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