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start string is just like the Start String you would use in any single LaserDisk application, except the
LaserStart special string character (01) has been omitted. The LaserStart special string character (01) in a
Start String would make all of the players try to find the frame number being used by the first LaserDisk
player.

During the Start String, while running the show and again during the End String, the Rack Smart Brick

Brain will be talking to all of the LaserDisks in parallel while only listening to the first one. All the players are
started simultaneously and will continue to play in sync (especially if they are linked together using their
ÔgenlockÕ inputs and outputs). Once started, any problem with players two through seven will be ignored.

This command is used to select which string will be sent to spin up multiple LaserDisks. If anything

other than zero is entered, the selected string will be sent to each of the LaserDisk players in turn, starting
with number seven and working down to number one. The Rack Smart Brick Brain will then send the Start
String. Although multi-disk strings are generally used when you are running a LaserDisk show, you can
send them at the start of any type of show if you so desire. They can also be used with serially controlled
devices other than LaserDisk players. Valid numbers for accessing the strings are from one through nine,
A through F. If not using the LaserDisk Multiplexer, this value should be left blank. See the section on
string setups for additional details on strings and their habits.

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End String:

This command is used to select which string will be sent at the end of a show. Although these strings

are generally used when you are running a LaserDisk show, you can send them at the end of any type
of show if you so desire. They can also be used with serially controlled devices other than LaserDisk play-
ers. If an entry of 0 is entered for the end string, no string will be sent at the end of this show. Valid num-
bers for accessing the strings are from one through nine, A through F. See the section on string setups
for additional details on strings and their habits.

LaserDisk Starts:

ÒpÓ

LaserDisk 1:

ÒqÓ

LaserDisk 2:

ÒrÓ

LaserDisk 3:

ÒsÓ

LaserDisk 4:

ÒtÓ

LaserDisk 5:

ÒuÓ

LaserDisk 6:

ÒvÓ

LaserDisk 7:

This command is used to select where on the LaserDisk the show is actually found. Valid entries are

made in 7 decimal numbers, ranging from 0 to 1,048,575. Constant Angular Velocity (CAV) LaserDisks
support a maximum 54,000 frames per side. CLV LaserDisks support a maximum of 107,999 frames per
side. At the start of a show, the special ÔLaserSearch string character Ф01Х will tell the Brick Brain to start
the LaserDisk player (if needed) and search it for this frame number.

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