8mm Forum: Sankyo Sound 800

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Posted by Michael Wright (Member # 1387) on December 04, 2013, 05:21 PM:

I've just bought one of these excellent projectors. Doe anyone have a pdf of the instruction manual? Cheers Mike

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on December 04, 2013, 05:29 PM:

Congrats on getting a very nice projector Michael. You can get the manual here http://www.film-tech.com/warehouse/manuals/SANKYO800.pdf

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on December 04, 2013, 05:30 PM:

There's one on this site in the Manuals section. Click on Manuals in the top left corner of the screen and scroll down to 8mm projectors, it's the last projector in the list.

Well done on buying the Sankyo Stereo 800, in my opinion probably the best upper mid range projector produced.

Mike [Cool]

Edit: Oops - posted at the same moment as Janice!

Posted by Pete Richards (Member # 2203) on December 04, 2013, 08:22 PM:

Just on that, has anyone ever tried improving the sound circuits on the 800?

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on December 04, 2013, 10:10 PM:

Well Pete...I'm pretty good at blowing out the circuits :-)

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on December 04, 2013, 10:19 PM:

Very often you can get a lot better sound out of many projectors by connecting them to external speakers and amps: often the sound circuitry is capable of a lot better performance than is acheivable through the internal speaker.

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on December 05, 2013, 12:46 AM:

I used to use my Sankyo Stereo 800s for regular film shows at a local resource centre. I connected the 800s to the centre's sound system via the headphone socket, this was a tip that the late Derek Simmonds gave me, it means that you can adjust the volume and tone on the projector which is particularly useful when the external amp is distant from the projection area.

The sound was great, certainly as good as the sound from my GS 1200s, possibly even better.

Mike [Cool]

Posted by Michael Wright (Member # 1387) on December 05, 2013, 02:57 AM:

Janice and Mike. THANK YOU both! [Smile]

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on December 05, 2013, 05:04 AM:

A great projector. Some owners prefer it to an Elmo GS-1200. There's less to go wrong!

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on December 05, 2013, 08:06 AM:

I have a Sankyo 700 which is a good machine so I suppose the 800 model must be better. I changed the belt recently (but with a round one and not a plate one like the one that was inside previousely) and the projector slowed down for a fraction of seconds (like if it was going to stop) several times during the beginning of a film I projected (the machine is modified to allow 360 meters capacity reels). So I opened and put one drop of machine oil on both wheels. It improved the things as I noticed only one "slowing down" until the end of the film. So the problem is not 100 % solved (I have to replace the round belt by a plate one) but the oil drop was not a bad idea.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on December 05, 2013, 08:36 AM:

The correct belt in a projector from the motor to the mechanism is important. If it's not the same shape it can cause a difference in the driving speed.
A drop of oil, or a spot of grease always helps.

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