Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product QuadX 3000 Bowens
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QuadX 3000 Operating Instructions QUADX 3000 INSTRUCTIONS BWL- 0335 1-03-02 BOWENS INTERNATIONA L LIMITED 355 OLD ROAD CLACTON-ON-SEA ESSEX CO15 3RH UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 ( 0 ) 1255 422807 Fax: +44 ( 0 ) 1255 436342 www.
Dear Customer, Thank you for choosing Bowens. The QuadX 3000 is an accurate, ergonomic and powerful professional flash generator. In order to obtain the full benefit from your purchase, please spare a few moments to familiarise yourself with this user manual.
WARNINGS & FAULT FI NDING If the unit appears to have developed a fault, first establish that it is a genuine internal fault and not a case of normal operation such as overheat.
This page is intentionally blank Channel A a nd Channel B A djust Ready LED Open TEST Channel B A d j ust Channel A A d j ust Photo Cell / Slave IR Remote Receiver Modelling Lamps On/Off Menu Navigati.
Advanced Options ⇒ Set up Flash Mode ⇒ Multi Tr igger The multi trigger mode allows the pack to fire a multiple number of times following a single trigger signal. The number of times the pack will fire can be set in the range 2 – 50. In addition, the time between firing may al so be set between 0.
Your QuadX 3000 is a versatile and powerful photographic generator. Flash Power The pack has 4 head sockets which can deliver a total power of 3000W/S in various ways. At all times, the pack will indicate the available power at any socket. This is scaled such that 3000W/S represents 10 on the display.
Advanced Options ⇒ Brightness This option allows the brightness of the RED numeric displays to be altered. Advanced Options ⇒ Brightness. Use ⇑⇓ to adjust the brightness level 1 - 9 Advanced Options ⇒ Time Out Setti ng This option allows the unit to automatically re vert to the default menu after a prese t number of seconds.
Remove packaging a nd ensure the un it is switched Off. Se tup a flash head, ensuring the protecti ve cap is removed and the mo delling lamp is switched on.
The unit is considered to be in bracketing mode when the display indicates Bracketing Options or Bracketing Mode. Under these c onditions the unit will automatically check and warn if the selection is not possible within t he existing setting constraints.
The Default menu is shown below and shows the following information :- Line 1 shows the socket status Active/Off. Line 2 shows the energy level per socket Line 3 shows the expected flash dur ation into a QuadX 3000 flash head. Line 4 shows the Modelling setup i.
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