Specifications

XD10 Cinema Media Player, Installation and Operating Guide Version 2.1
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7.5.3. Fallback Format for Soundtrack
The Soundtrack Fallback menu is used to choose the “fallback” format selected by the XD10 when the
DTS soundtrack stops playing.
When XD10 starts playing in DTS playback, it pulses the cinema processor to the DTS format. When
the XD10 stops playing in DTS playback—either due to loss of timecode, missing audio file, or
another unexpected error—it pulses the cinema processor to switch to an optical format. In many
cases, it switches to the SR optical format on the film, but this menu can be used to set it to different
fallback formats.
The pulse to the DTS format occurs at the time that the DTS Playback light becomes illuminated,
provided that the conditions of the format automation mode are met (See Section 7.5.4). The pulse to
the fallback format occurs at the time the DTS Playback light goes off, and is dependent on the
conditions of the Soundtrack Fallback mode, shown below.
The XD10 fallback format is always Nonsync (1) at the end of a feature film. The end of the
film is defined as the last two minutes of the last reel of film for the feature.
Soundtrack Fallback
► (*)Automatic
• ( )None
• ( )Mono
• ( )A
• ( )SR (1)
• ( )DTS Pulse
• ( )Nonsync (1)
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Main Menu → Setup → Automation → Format → Fallback Format.
Options:
Automatic The fallback format is selected by the header information in the
DTS audio file that is playing. Possible definitions are SR, A, or
MONO. These definitions are intended to reflect the optical
format on the film. Almost all DTS audio files will have SR
defined as the fallback format. The XD10 pulses the SR (1) pin
for the SR signal – not SR (2).
None There will be no format pulse when the DTS audio stops.
Others The fallback format will be the pin selected. The options that
appear in the Soundtrack Fallback menu, shown above, are only
those formats that are used for a pin definition.
If the fallback format is set to SR (1) and that pin is not defined as one of the format pins, then
the XD10 will pulse the A format pin. If there is not an A format pin, then it will pulse the
MONO format pin.