Chauvet Home Safety Product manual

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    User Manual[...]

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    CHAUVET ®, 201 1 , A ll R ight s R es er ved Inf orm ati on and s p ecif ic ations in th is U s er M anu al are s u bjec t t o ch a ng e wi thout n otic e. CH AU VET ® a ss umes n o r esp ons ibi lit y o r li abi lit y f or any er r or s or in acc ur ac i es th at m ay ap p ear in t h is man u al. Author: Anthony Ch iappo ne Rev isi on : 01 b Rel[...]

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    1. B ef or e Y ou Beg in 3 1/1 2/20 11 1 1:51 A M 1. B EFORE Y OU B EGIN Wha t is in cl ud ed · 1 x Sweep er ™ LED · 1 x P ower C or d · 1 x W arrant y C ard · 1 x Us er Man u al Unp ac ki ng In st r u cti o ns Im medi at ely u p on r ec ei ving a f ixtur e, c aref ull y un p a ck t h e c arton , c h ec k th e c ont ent s t o ens ur e th at a[...]

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    1. B ef or e Y ou Beg in 4 1/1 2/20 11 1 1:51 A M Safe t y I nstr ucti o ns · Pl ea s e keep th is Us er M an ual f or fut ur e c ons ult ati on. I f you s ell t h e unit t o anoth er us er, b e s ur e t hat t he y als o rec ei ve t his ins tr uct ion b ookl et. · Al ways m ak e sur e that you ar e c onn ec ti ng t o the pr op er vol t ag e, and [...]

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    2. I ntr od ucti on 5 1/1 2/20 11 1 1:51 A M 2. I NTRODUCTION Pr oduct Over view M ic rophone DMX O ut Control Panel (LED di splay) D M X In Power In Fusehol der Power Li nking Out M ic rophone Adjus tment Safety[...]

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    3. S et up 6 1/1 2/20 11 1 1:51 A M 3. S ETUP AC P o w er T his f i x tur e is auto - r ang in g and ru ns on 1 00~ 24 0 VA C, 50 /6 0 H z p ow er . T o d eter mi n e the p ower r eq uir em ent s f or a p art ic ular f i xtu r e , s ee th e lab el aff i xed t o t h e b ac k plat e of th e f ixt ur e or r ef er t o t h e f ixtur e’s s pecif ic ati[...]

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    3. S et up 7 1/1 2/20 11 1 1:51 A M M ounti ng Orientation T he Sw eep er ™ L ED may b e m ount ed in an y po sitio n , pr ovi d ed t h er e is adeq u at e r oom f or vent il ati on. Rigging B e sur e t hat t h e st ruct ur e c an s up p o r t t he w eig ht of t h e fi xtur e. P l ease s ee t h e “T ec hn ic al Sp e cif ic ati ons” s ect ion [...]

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    4. O p erati ng Instr uc ti ons 8 1/1 2/20 11 1 1:51 A M 4. O PERATING I NSTRUCTIO NS Usin g th e C ontrol P an el Ac c ess c ontr ol p an el f unc ti ons us i ng th e f ou r but t ons l o c at ed d ir e ct l y un d ern eat h th e LED disp l ay. B UTTO N F UNC TION < M ODE / ESC> Us ed t o sc r o ll t hr ough th e c urr ent oper at in g m od [...]

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    4. O p erati ng Instr uc ti ons 9 1/1 2/20 11 1 1:51 A M Oper at ion DMX Operation T his oper at i ng m od e w ill all ow f or c ontr ol w it h an ext er n al D M X c ont r oll er. You mus t s et the st arti ng addr ess f or t his m ode. If this i s your fir st ti m e us i ng D MX , t hen it is r ec om mend ed that you r e f er t o t he “DM X Pri[...]

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    4. O p erati ng Instr uc ti ons 10 1/1 2/ 2011 1 1:5 1 AM Master/Slave Mode (Sound- Active ) T his m od e all ows a sin gl e uni t, t h e mas t er, t o oper at e in eith er au t om atic or s oun d - act i ve m od e. W hen ad di ti onal ( sl a ve) f i xtur es are d ais y c h ained t o t he m as ter, t hey wil l all s ync hr oni z e wit h th e mas t [...]

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    5. A pp endi x 11 1/1 2/ 20 11 1 1:5 1 A M 5. A PPENDIX Ge ne ral T roub les hoot i ng S YMPTOM P OSSIBL E C AUS E ( S ) P OSSIBL E A CTION ( S ) Br eak er/F us e keeps bl owi ng · E x c essi ve c irc uit l oad · C heck t otal l oad p l ac ed on th e el ectr ic al cir cuit · Sh o r t ci rcu it al ong t h e p ower wi r es · Che ck f o r a s ho r[...]

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    5. A pp endi x 12 1/1 2/ 20 11 1 1:5 1 A M DMX Primer T her e ar e 512 ch ann els in a DMX c on n ec t i o n . A fi xtur e c ap abl e of r ec ei ving D MX wil l r equir e one or a n umb er of s equ ent i al ch an nels . T h e us er must ass ig n a st ar ting ad dr e ss on t h e fi xtur e th at ind ic at e s th e f irs t ch an nel r es er ved in th [...]

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    5. A pp endi x 13 1/1 2/ 20 11 1 1:5 1 A M Cable Connectors C ablin g m us t hav e a m al e XLR c onn ect or on on e end an d a f em al e XLR conn ec t or on th e oth er end . Do no t a llo w co nta ct b etw een th e comm on and th e fi xture’ s cha ssis gr ou nd. Gr oun ding the comm on ca n caus e a ground loop, and your fixt ur e may per f orm[...]

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    5. A pp endi x 14 1/1 2/ 20 11 1 1:5 1 A M 3-Pin to 5-Pin Conversion Chart I f you u s e a c ontro ller w ith a 5 - p in DM X out put conne ctor , you w ill n eed t o u se a 5 - p in to 3- pin a dapter . Th e ch art b elow deta ils a prop er cable conv er sion: 3-P IN TO 5-P IN C ONVERSION C H ART Cond uctor 3- Pi n Fem al e ( O ut pu t) 5- Pi n M [...]

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    5. A pp endi x 15 1/1 2/ 20 11 1 1:5 1 A M Ge nera l Mai nten an ce T o m ain t ain op ti mum p erf orm anc e and m in imi z e w e ar, f ixtur es s hou l d be c l eaned f r equ entl y. Us ag e and en vi r onm ent ar e c ontri but in g f act ors in d et erm in ing c l eani ng f r equ enc y. As a g en er al rul e, fi xtur es sh oul d b e cl ean ed at[...]

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    T ECHNICAL S PE CIFICAT ION S WE IG HT & DI M EN S I O NS Lengt h .............................................................................................................. 14. 8 in ( 375 m m) W idth ................................................................................................................. 7. 5 in ( 19 0 mm ) H eight [...]

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    C ONTACT U S WOR L D H EADQ UARTERS Gen er al I nf ormat ion ................................................................................................ . CHAUVET ® Addr es s .............................................................................................. 52 00 NW 108 th Ave Sunr is e, F L 3335 1 V oi c e .......................[...]