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| KMil |
 Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:21 am |
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Hello Everyone,
Like some people here I just pulled out my family's Reel to Reel
projector and started looking at old family movies. I have the Kodak
Ektrasound Moviedeck which works well and the Kodak Instamatic M80
which I haven't tried yet because I don't have the manual.. The
Moviedeck seems to be working fine except the image is split. The lower
third of the image displays on the top.
Is there some adjustment I can do to fix this? Is it the way the film
is feeding? How can I correct this?
Also when I raise the volume, I just get noise. I see a quarter inch
outlet on the side that says speaker. If I plug in a pa speaker to that
jack, will that work?
Thank you, Kim |
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| KMil |
| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:06 pm |
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I reversed the way I put the film in (with the littles holes flipped
to the other side) and the now the Super 8 looks good, the reg 8 film
though still has a problem. Will keep working on it.
Now if only the sound would work, I tried plugging in a speaker but got
the same white noise.
Kim
KMil wrote:
Quote: Hello Everyone,
Like some people here I just pulled out my family's Reel to Reel
projector and started looking at old family movies. I have the Kodak
Ektrasound Moviedeck which works well and the Kodak Instamatic M80
which I haven't tried yet because I don't have the manual.. The
Moviedeck seems to be working fine except the image is split. The lower
third of the image displays on the top.
Is there some adjustment I can do to fix this? Is it the way the film
is feeding? How can I correct this?
Also when I raise the volume, I just get noise. I see a quarter inch
outlet on the side that says speaker. If I plug in a pa speaker to that
jack, will that work?
Thank you, Kim |
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| elmer5 |
| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:49 pm |
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Moviedecks are relatively straightforward to load and use. Should be a
threading diagram on top of the unit showing which way the film sproket
holes line up. You'll need to adjust the frame knob accordingly like with
all projectors. You'll also need to set the Super 8 / Regular 8 switch
accordingly so the film gate can be set correctly to pull the film through.
I believe there's a few Moviedeck PDF manuals floating around on the net.
All Moviedeck models are basically the same loading and running wise.
Moviedecks are awesome projectors that work well and are some of my favorite
projectors of all time, but they can also ruin your film quickly if the film
misfeeds into the takeup reel on the bottom of the unit. Keep a close eye on
it while running and if it encounters running or feeding problems, shut it
down immediately. Let it go running with problems and you're absolutely
guaranteed a ruined roll of film.
I doubt the Instamatic M80 will work if it's been in storage quite a few
years. If it does work, it probably won't work much longer. These late 1960s
projectors used plastic gears that quickly disintegrate over time and break
when stressed under load / operation. There's also PDF manuals for the
Instamatic "M" series projector line on the net. They're all basically the
same operationally.
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Quote: Hello Everyone,
Like some people here I just pulled out my family's Reel to Reel
projector and started looking at old family movies. I have the Kodak
Ektrasound Moviedeck which works well and the Kodak Instamatic M80
which I haven't tried yet because I don't have the manual. |
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