posted November 19, 2007 03:54 PM
Every so often, when I am about half way through viewing a film on the GS1200, there is a loud crash at the back of the room and a 1200ft reel rolls across the entire 22ft length of my home screening room! Forgot to flip that front reel retainer again! How often has this happened to you, and does anyone have a foolproof procedure for avoiding this?
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From: West Sussex, UK.
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posted November 19, 2007 04:03 PM
It happened to me just yesterday afternoon during my solitary cine fest, for me though it wasn't the take up but my newly cleaned reel 2 of Star Trek the Movie which crashed onto the floor and rolled out across the sitting room carpet.
It usually happens to me after I have been using the Sankyo and gotten out of the habbit of clicking the retaining clip across.
So far I don't have a fail safe way of remembering to flip the clip over...
Mike
PS: This is something Elmo would surely have changed about the GS 1200 if it had continued in production?
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posted November 20, 2007 12:36 AM
Hi Paul Yep been there done that, its amazing how far a reel of film will travel, I am sure the stuff has a mind of its own, when it happens its more embarrassing than anything else, cant think of a fail safe method.