Dolby Laboratories UEX/650 Installation Instructions Manual
Dolby Laboratories UEX/650 Installation Instructions Manual

Dolby Laboratories UEX/650 Installation Instructions Manual

Upgrade kit for cp650 cinema processor

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UEX/650 Upgrade Kit
Cat. No. 790
For CP650 Cinema Processor

Installation Instructions

Issue 2
Part No. 91841

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  • Page 1: Installation Instructions

    UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Cat. No. 790 For CP650 Cinema Processor Installation Instructions Issue 2 Part No. 91841...
  • Page 2: Disclaimer Of Warranties

    LABORATORIES OR ITS AGENTS HAVE BEEN ADVISED, ORALLY OR IN WRITING, OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES Dolby, and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Surround EX is a Part Number. 91841 trademark of Dolby Laboratories. All other trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.
  • Page 3 UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Installation Instructions UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Introduction ® The UEX/650 Upgrade Kit converts a Dolby Model CP650D Digital Cinema Processor into a CP650 with Dolby Digital Surround EX film soundtrack playback capability. For a detailed description of the format, please see Section 7.
  • Page 4: Handling Pc Boards

    ® Dolby UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Installation Instructions Handling PC Boards This upgrade involves handling printed circuit boards. Many components are very sensitive to static electricity and can be destroyed if static charge on your body discharges through the component. You do not even have to touch the component to damage it.
  • Page 5 ® Dolby UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Installation Instructions 5. Unplug the two ribbon cables connected to the internal circuit boards. 6. Remove the upper circuit board (Cat. No. 774A) using the left and right board ejectors. Place the board on a flat surface (such as a platter disk). The board should be oriented with the ejectors closest to you.
  • Page 6 ® Dolby UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Installation Instructions Connections With the Cat. No. 790 board installed, all surround channels appear at the Option Card I/O connector on the rear panel of the CP650. You must move the Left Surround (Ls) and Right Surround (Rs) channel output wiring from the Main Audio Output connector to this connector.
  • Page 7 ® Dolby UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Installation Instructions Table 1 Option Card I/O Connector Pinout with Cat. No. 790 (or earlier Cat. No. 794) Installed Signal with Signal with Earlier Cat. No. 790 Installed Cat. No. 794 Installed AES/EBU Input –...
  • Page 8 ® Dolby UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Installation Instructions Alignment The Dolby Digital Surround EX format may be assigned to any user-assignable format button. After you make your assignment, the CP650 front-panel bar graph display and the PC setup software show the additional Back Surround outputs...
  • Page 9: Assign A Digital Input Format

    ® Dolby UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Installation Instructions Assign a Digital Input Format After making the connections, you may assign a digital input format to one of the user-definable format buttons (U1, U2, or NS) if selection of digital inputs is desired.
  • Page 10: The Dolby Digital Surround Ex Format

    ® Dolby UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Installation Instructions The Dolby Digital Surround EX Format The Dolby Digital Surround EX format adds a third surround channel to digital film sound, a concept first envisioned by sound designers at Lucasfilm’s Skywalker Sound postproduction facility. It gives sound mixers a new level of creative freedom.
  • Page 11 ® Dolby UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Installation Instructions Surround amplifiers Dolby CP650 Back surround left Back surround right Dolby Digital 5.1 mode Surround Dolby CP650 amplifiers Back surround left Back surround right Dolby Digital Surround EX mode Figure 6 Surround Speaker/Amplifier Switching for 5.1 and Surround EX Modes...
  • Page 12: Digital Audio Inputs

    ® Dolby UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Installation Instructions Digital Audio Inputs There are two professional interface formats used for digital audio: AES/EBU (also known as AES3) and AES-3id. These stream the same digital data and professional audio header information over copper conductor links, but use different types of conductors and connectors.
  • Page 13 ® Dolby UEX/650 Upgrade Kit Installation Instructions impedance compromises the integrity of the bitstream and may create an unreliable link between pieces of equipment, particularly with long cable runs. Multiple Sources: Conversion Between Interface Standards Although some details of the bitstreams used in the AES and S/PDIF standards are different, the audio information is exactly the same.

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