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F D T 8 0 0 0 Digital Cinema Processor FDT-8000 Digital Cinema Sound Processor Volume Decoder/31EQ/Crossovers/PC Interface Storage Card Mute/Test Mic. Nonsync Sync Analog CD/DVD Digital Digital Standby USER'S MANUAL...
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- Support Crossover, EQ, Gain, Bypass, Two-way, Three-way etc. adjustments to loudspeakers. - It is built in the technical parameters of Fidek cinema loudspeaker series and simplifies the whole debugging processes. The standard program, testing signal and testing microphone functions are very helpful for precise debugging for the sound reinforced equipments of a cinema.
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CHECK LIST It includes the following things in the package: Quantity Name FDT-8000 Power cord USB cable 25 pins D type connector (male) 25 pins D type connector (female) 2PCS IC backup card User Manual Net cable-2M...
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol inside an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "hazardous voltage" within the product's enclosure,which may be of sufficient magnitude to induce a risk of electric shock to persons.
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FUNCTION INSTRUCTIONS AND OPERATION WAYS Front Panel FDT-8000 Digital Cinema Sound Processor Volume Decoder/31EQ/Crossovers/PC Interface Storage Card Nonsync Sync Analog Mute/Test Mic. CD/DVD Digital Digital Standby Standby Button Press the Standby button, its back light will be lighted, the unit will enter standby mode.
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FUNCTION INSTRUCTIONS AND OPERATION WAYS Front Panel FDT-8000 Digital Cinema Sound Processor Volume Decoder/31EQ/Crossovers/PC Interface Storage Card Nonsync Sync Analog Mute/Test Mic. CD/DVD Digital Digital Standby CD/DVD Button Press the CD/DVD button to switch to CD/DVD input, and the corresponding ports are 8 channels RCA input jacks, they are 8 channels non balance analog audio signal inputs.
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FUNCTION INSTRUCTIONS AND OPERATION WAYS Back Panel Power CD/DVD Test Mic. Conference Mic. Sequence Control FDT-8000 Ethernet Digital In Analog In Coaxial In Mic. Volume Lift Optical In Link Minitor Out Crossover Crossover Crossover Sub Out/ Hi Out Mid Out Full-range Out 110V~ 50/60Hz;40W...
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FUNCTION INSTRUCTIONS AND OPERATION WAYS Back Panel Pins connections of analog signal input Pins connections of digital signal input Female Male Table 1 Table 2 Female Table 3...
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FUNCTION INSTRUCTIONS AND OPERATION WAYS Back Panel Power CD/DVD Test Mic. Conference Mic. Sequence Control FDT-8000 Ethernet Digital In Analog In Coaxial In Mic. Volume Lift Optical In Link Minitor Out Crossover Crossover Crossover Sub Out/ Hi Out Mid Out Full-range Out 110V~ 50/60Hz;40W...
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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION PROCEDURES Please follow the following processes for setup of FDT-8000 digital cinema processor software to your computer: 1. It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing. Click Next to continue, or Cancel to exit Setup.
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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION PROCEDURES 4. Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed? Select the additional tasks you would like to Setup to perform while installing FDT-8000 cinema processor software, then click Next. Additional Icons -Create a desktop icon -Create a Quick launch icon...
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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION PROCEDURES 6. Completing the FDT-8000 Cinema Processor Software Setup To complete the installation of FDT-8000 cinema software setup must restart your computer. Would you like to restart now? -Yes, restart the computer now -No, I will restart the computer later...
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2. USB and TCP/IP Connections I. Install FDT-8000 cinema processor application software to your computer. II. Through USB cable to connect FDT-8000 with computer, there is a USB port for connection on the front panel of FDT-8000. III. Check the assignment number of the USB port, because many notebook computers may have different assignment number due to ever connected with different USB equipments, please follow the following processes to make changes.
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SYSTEM CONNECTION C. Click on Ports (COM & LPT) D. Right click Communications Port (COM1), click Properties. E. Click Port Settings.
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SYSTEM CONNECTION F. Click Advance Settings for COM1. Finally click OK to confirm, then remove the USB cable and insert again, then changes will be applied successfully. IV. Open software interface, on Selection Communication of the submenu Network/Log, select USB communication. V.
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3. Through USB communication to read and change the IP address A. First complete USB communication successfully. B. Click Discard Change button icon, input general password FDT-8000 to read the IP address of current unit. C. Change the IP address.
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C. Double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). D. Enter its Property submenu and select Use below IP Address and DNS Server Address. E. Set the addresses same as those of current FDT8000 connected and make sure FDT-8000 and computer connected are in the same domain addresses.
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F D T- 8 0 0 0 2. Alignment Interface A. Enter Alignment interface, the password is FDT-8000. B. Click on the Power/Sandby icon to activate the interface. C. Choose Mic input channel. D. Connect test microphone through cable to the Test Mic. Connector on the rear of unit.
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SYSTEM INTERFACE INSTRUCTION E. Select the channel you need to test and adjust. F. Select the signal mode for test, normally to choose pink noise signal. G. Choose RTA Enable to activate the test. H. Then it will display the actual timely tested levels, such as below: I.
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SYSTEM INTERFACE INSTRUCTION J. Through analysis of the timely tested 2969 level curve, adjust the below 31 band EQ to make it compliant with the 2969 standard curve requirement. K. Left, Center, Right, RS, LS, BSL, BSR these seven full range channels, their each timely display of compliance with 2969 curve requirement is as below: L.
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SYSTEM INTERFACE INSTRUCTION 3. Crossover Setting According to the parameters of speakers used in the cinema, first set the left, center and right channels speakers to be two-frequency-division or three-frequency-division, and select reasonable crossover point. 4. Software can save the system setting alignment, click Save Alignment to save, as below figure.
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SYSTEM INTERFACE INSTRUCTION 6. Multi-Cinema Room Management Through network router or network switch, multi-FDT-8000 can be used to complete management of multi-room. Though network, up to 16 cinema rooms can be monitored and managed, such as open and close the speaker system, switch to different audio source input.
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Amplifier Usage Instructions 1. Connect the film audio source with the FDT-8000 and select the right input channel. 2. Connect with 8 channel speakers and the 8 channel speakers can be full-range, 2 two-way or three-way speakers. And then check and insure the cable connection of each channel speakers is correct and tight, check and insure the cable connection of high, mid, low frequency speakers is correct and tight.
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SPECIFICATIONS Analog/Line Input(Analog,CD/DVD) ≥ S/N RATIO 1 0 0 d B ( A - w e i g h t e d ) Max input level 12dBu Max output level 12dBu 20Hz~20kHz ±0.5dB Frequency response ≤0.1% Digital Input (Syncdigit, NonSync) ≥...
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