The following instruction manuals for current and recently discontinued Tobin Cinema Systems (TCS) crystal controls and crystal motors can be seen and printed with the click of a mouse.
Owing to numerous past computer crashes, and various past techniques of literally pasting in pictures, plus storage megabyte limitations on this web site, no photos are included but this should not be a problem with our lucidly explanatory text (?) Page format is for 640 x 480 browsers.

Items with an asterisk * are discontinued and no longer available.

In most cases, prior models work about the same as the latest model.

Battery Belt & Chargers

TMC - TMC²  * Milliframe Controller  also Battery Installation in TMC2

TSC t * Speed Checker

TTL Tobin Time Lapse (and animation) motor for Bolex H-16 with 1:1 shaft 

TVC e * Videoframe Controller

TVT Tobin Video Transfer machine:
TVT-8M          TVT-8J      TVT-D8           Light Source Replacement                TVT-16 16mm
3CCD Camera Supplement 
Instructions on an old unsupported part of this site:
TVT-8G: www.tobincinemasystems.com/page99.html
TVT-8K: www.tobincinemasystems.com/page106.html 

TXM-14 * Crystal Motor for Eclair NPR
TXM-14LD * Light Duty Crystal Motor for Eclair NPR


TXM-18: See note below about older models
TXM-20K * Crystal Motor for Krasnogorsk K-3
TXM-20Ba * Crystal Motor for Bolex

TXM-21: See note below about older models
TXM-21Ab * Crystal Motor for Arri 35mm 2A-2B-2C
TXM-21C * Crystal Motor for Eclair CM3 Cameflex 35mm

TXM-22A  Crystal Motor for Arri 16-S and 16-M

TM-23  Variable Speed Motor for Arri 16-S and 16-M

TXM-24,  TXM-24U *Crystal Control for Bolex EBM, EL, ESM

TXM-25 * Crystal Motor for Arri 16-BL

TXM-25A * Crystal Motor for Eclair ACL

TXM-26B * Crystal Motor for Bolex H-16

TXM-27 * Crystal Control for Arri 16-BL with EMP or BLE Motor

Other good information:
For models not listed above you can in many cases get a PDF version of the instruction manual sent to you by e-mail. We can sell you a CD with all known instruction manuals included. Some have missing pictures and some manuals no longer exist owing to computer crashes. Send an email for information.

Bolex Rex-5 Manual in PDF (on another site)

Instructions on an old unsupported part of this site:
Identifying Your Bolex H (text is fine but links to a page that has the wrong pictures):
www.tobincinemasystems.com/page74.html
Recent models (has wrong pictures): www.tobincinemasystems.com/page73.html
Ancient models (may still have correct pictures): www.tobincinemasystems.com/page75.html

Life span of recordable CDs and DVDs: www.tobincinemasystems.com/page92.html

Trivia Page

# - Note that the models TXM-18 and TXM-21 do not have much reserve torque or inertia, because of the erratic friction level of the Arri cameras and the small internal motor size dictated by customer insistence on a thin flat-base design. This may result in some flicker in the film if your camera or magazine is rough running. This was much improved in the TXM-21A and completely fixed in the TXM-21Aa and TXM-21Ab.


The Tobin Cinema Systems main website with scads of other information is here.

Authorized repair facilities list for TVT telecine equipment is here.

The address of this website is http://www.tobincinemasystems.com/page25.html . It was last updated April 25, 2008 and now has 37 l-o-n-g pages including a few that will no longer be supported.

Entire Contents Copyright © 2008 Tobin Cinema Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Permission will normally be granted to publish or distribute extracts for purposes not contrary to the interests of TCS, provided written credit is given for its origin.