8mm Forum: What does a Craven Cine Audio Unit do?

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Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on January 13, 2014, 07:30 PM:

I'm curious about this device - can any owner or former kindly explain what it does? You can see one here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Craven-Cine-Audio-unit-/25141787 7406?pt=UK_DVD_Film_TV_OtherFormats_GL&hash=item3a89ac5b9e

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on January 14, 2014, 02:46 AM:

It has a VU meter, perhaps it was used to help with recording levels. It seems unlikely to assist in playback.

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Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on January 14, 2014, 10:17 AM:

It appears to be a simple line-level amplifier with an adjustable level and some sort of high or low filtering. Could be quite useful if made well. Did you win it, Adrian?

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on January 15, 2014, 10:08 AM:

I didn't win it. I would have been curious to try it out but I found the leads a bit baffling and that would have caused extra effort - a 5 pin din and phono plugs are not what I'm used to in relation to projectors and speakers, but perhaps people with different equipment would find them more convenient.

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