THIS KINOTON FP 30 SOUNDHEAD IST EQUIPPED WITH A ORIGINAL DOLBY STEREO OPTICAL SCAN SYSTEM.
The optical sound head for mono and stereo sound tracks has a maximum run up time of only three seconds. The use of high-quality components in the optical system assures optimum scanning of the optical sound track. The exciter lamps have a prefocused base and are quickly changeable. Additionally, the projector can be equipped with a sound head for LED scanned optical sound and digital DOLBY SR.
HISTORY OF THE KINOTON COMPANY 1948:
When Kinoton GmbH was founded in Munich to service local cinemas. Just one year later, Philips entrusted the young company with the German sales rights for their then very popular, state-of-the-art cinema projectors. Hans-Peter Zoller was involved right from the beginning, as an employee at first . Ten years later he and his wife gained full ownership of the company. From 1955 on, Kinoton's own sales and service offices were opened throughout Germany. In the early 60's, projection equipment, switchboards and curtain machines were produced in a small workshop in downtown Munich. This was the decade when Kinoton developed the platter system, which revolutionized the cinema industry and won Kinoton their first Academy Scientific and Engineering Award. In 1972 Kinoton started to develop and manufacture complete projection systems, selling them worldwide. During this period Philips sold their entire motion picture business to Kinoton. In the same year the first mass-production facility was opened in Kaufbeuren. An additional warehouse followed in 1976, and a spacious final assembly building in 1978, evidence of the company's successful development to an independent manufacturer with own advanced product range.
In the early 80's, a new research and development department was created to engineer sophisticated projectors and other studio technologies. Among other products, the high-speed FP 30 EC and FP 38 EC projectors were designed. Today these machines are in operation in every major film studio worldwide. By 1989, steady expansion and the growing number of employees made it necessary for the Kinoton headquarters (international sales, administration, construction and development) to move to new, more spacious quarters a few kilometres outside of Munich. In 1996 Renate Zoller and Christoph Dobler became managing directors and continued the company's successful course. The growing demand for Kinoton high-quality products threatened to exceed the existing production capacities. A new 4-story building was constructed in Kaufbeuren in 1997. An additional new building followed in 2000. Kinoton's extensive know-how in image reproduction has evolved and expanded into related business areas. In spring 2001 Kinoton became an equity partner in DVC Digitalvideo Computing, Herrsching, taking a strategic step towards Digital Systems which has become an important part of Kinoton's business. The two companies' broad knowledge of storage and transmission systems for digital picture and sound, as well as audio/visual reproduction systems, is a result of this perfect synergy.
