General notes General notes This manual contains important instructions for the safe operation of the unit. Read and follow the safety instructions and all other instructions. Keep the manual for future reference. Make sure that it is available to all those using the device. If you sell the unit please make sure that the buyer also receives this manual.
General notes 1.1 Further information On our website (www.thomann.de) you will find lots of further information and details on the following points: Download This manual is also available as PDF file for you to download. Use the search function in the electronic version to find the topics of Keyword search interest for you quickly.
General notes 1.2 Notational conventions This manual uses the following notational conventions: Letterings The letterings for connectors and controls are marked by square brackets and italics. Examples: [VOLUME] control, [Mono] button. Displays Texts and values displayed on the device are marked by quotation marks and italics. Examples: ‘24ch’...
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General notes Signal word Meaning DANGER! This combination of symbol and signal word indicates an immediate dangerous situation that will result in death or serious injury if it is not avoided. WARNING! This combination of symbol and signal word indicates a pos‐ sible dangerous situation that can result in death or serious injury if it is not avoided.
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General notes Warning signs Type of danger Warning – danger zone. CLB5 2P RGBWWCompact LED Bar...
Safety instructions Safety instructions Intended use This device is intended for use as an electronic lighting effect by means of LED technology. The device is designed for professional use and is not suitable for use in households. Use the device only as described in this user manual. Any other use or use under other operating con‐ ditions is considered to be improper and may result in personal injury or property damage.
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Safety instructions Safety DANGER! Danger for children Ensure that plastic bags, packaging, etc. are disposed of properly and are not within reach of babies and young children. Choking hazard! Ensure that children do not detach any small parts (e.g. knobs or the like) from the unit.
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Safety instructions DANGER! Electric shock caused by short-circuit Always use proper ready-made insulated mains cabling (power cord) with a pro‐ tective contact plug. Do not modify the mains cable or the plug. Failure to do so could result in electric shock/death or fire. If in doubt, seek advice from a regis‐ tered electrician.
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Safety instructions NOTICE! Risk of fire Do not block areas of ventilation. Do not install the device near any direct heat source. Keep the device away from naked flames. CLB5 2P RGBWWCompact LED Bar...
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Safety instructions NOTICE! Operating conditions This device has been designed for indoor use only. To prevent damage, never expose the device to any liquid or moisture. Avoid direct sunlight, heavy dirt, and strong vibrations. Only operate the device within the ambient conditions specified in the chapter ‘Technical specifications’...
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Safety instructions NOTICE! Power supply Before connecting the device, ensure that the input voltage (AC outlet) matches the voltage rating of the device and that the AC outlet is protected by a residual current circuit breaker. Failure to do so could result in damage to the device and possibly injure the user.
Features Features The LED light set offers an ideal combination of warm white and coloured light for parallel illu‐ mination of stage and dance floor in various shades. Two LED spots with each seven 4-in-1 LEDs, 4 W each, pre-mounted on T-bar Control via DMX (four different modes), via buttons and display on the unit, foot switch as well as infrared remote control Preprogrammed automatic shows...
Installation Installation Unpack and check carefully there is no transportation damage before using the unit. Keep the equipment packaging. To fully protect the product against vibration, dust and moisture during transportation or storage use the original packaging or your own packaging material suitable for transport or storage, respectively.
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Installation NOTICE! Use of stands When mounting the device onto a stand, ensure that the stand is in a safe and stable position and that the weight of the device does not exceed the maximum permissible load capacity of the stand. NOTICE! Possible data transmission errors For error-free operation make use of dedicated DMX cables and do not use ordi‐...
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Installation Please note that this device must not be connected to a dimmer. CLB5 2P RGBWWCompact LED Bar...
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Installation Pre-mounted spots The two spots are pre-mounted on the T-bar. LED lighting set...
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Installation Locking screw for fixing the inclination angle. Locking screw for fixing the spots on the T-bar and the horizontal orientation (dispersion direction). Electrical connection of the spot at the T-bar (pre-mounted). Flange 35 mm to mount the T-bar on a tripod. CLB5 2P RGBWWCompact LED Bar...
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Installation Inserting the battery into the Press the lock of the battery holder to the centre of the housing and pull out the battery holder remote control like a drawer. Insert the battery. The battery is correct if the positive pole points to the housing base of the remote control.
Starting up Starting up Create all connections while the device is off. Use the shortest possible high-quality cables for all connections. Take care when running the cables to prevent tripping hazards. CLB5 2P RGBWWCompact LED Bar...
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Starting up Connections in DMX mode Connect the DMX input of the device to the DMX output of a DMX controller or another DMX device. Connect the output of the first DMX device to the input of the second one, and so on to form a daisy chain.
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Starting up Connections in master/slave When you configure a group of devices in master/slave mode, the first unit will control the mode other units for an automatic, sound-activated, synchronized show. This function is ideal when you want to start a show immediately. Connect the DMX output of the master device to the DMX input of the first slave device.
Connections and controls Connections and controls LED lighting set...
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Connections and controls 1 [Power In] IEC chassis plug for power supply with fuse holder. 2 [DMX In] DMX input. 3 [DMX Out] DMX output 4 Infrared sensor for the remote control signals 5 Display and function buttons. [Mode] Activates the main menu and toggles between menu items. Closes an opened submenu. [Setup] Selects an option of the respective operating mode, confirms the set value.
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Connections and controls [Down] Decreases the displayed value by one. 6 [Foot switch Input] 1/4" phone socket to connect the foot controller unit 7 [Power Out] IEC chassis sockets for the power supply of further devices. LED lighting set...
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Connections and controls Foot switch unit (optionally available) CLB5 2P RGBWWCompact LED Bar...
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Connections and controls 10 [Auto Run/Program] Activates the automatic mode (playback of preprogrammed automatic shows). 11 [Sound Active] Activates the sound-controlled mode (playback of sound-controlled automatic shows). 12 [Freeze] Pauses the running show and resumes it after a break. 13 [Blackout] Blackouts all LEDs and turns them back on again.
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Connections and controls Infrared remote control CLB5 2P RGBWWCompact LED Bar...
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Connections and controls 14 [AUTO] Activates the Automatic mode. 15 [PRG] Activates the operating mode ‘Preprogrammed automatic show’. Select the desired programme with [+] and [–]. 16 [ON/OFF] Activates / deactivates the device. 17 [SPEED] Activates the setting mode for the programme speed. Adjust the speed using [+] and [–] . 18 [SOUND] Activates the Sound-controlled mode.
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Connections and controls 21 [–] Decreases the set value. 22 [Dimming] Activates the dimming function for basic colours. Set the value for each basic colour using [+] and [–] . 23 [0 … 9] Numeric buttons for direct selection of a basic colour. 24 [R], [G], [B], [A], [W] Buttons to select the colour shade in dimmer mode.
Operating Operating 7.1 Starting the device Connect the device to the power supply to start operation. After a few seconds, the display indicates that a reset is in progress. The device is then ready for use. 7.2 Remote control The device can only be remote controlled if it's neither working in a Master / Slave configura‐ tion nor DMX-controlled.
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Operating Operating mode ‘Preprog‐ Press [PRG]. Use [+] | [–] to select a value between ‘Pr.01’ and ‘Pr.30’ . rammed automatic show’ Press [STROBE] and then use [+] | [–] to select a value between ‘FS.00’ (slow) and ‘FS.99’ (fast) to enable a Strobe effect.
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Operating Colour selection Use the coloured buttons to select a colour tone in any mode. The following assignment applies: Button Colour Button Colour Button Colour Cyan Magenta Purple Light green Green Pink Bright blue Blue Yellow Brown Amber White Warm white White Reset to factory defaults To reset the device to factory default settings, press [ON/OFF] to blackout the unit and then...
Operating 7.3 Operating on the unit Press [Mode] to activate the main menu and select an operating mode. Use [Setup] to select further options. Use [Up] | [Down] to change the respectively indicated value. When the display shows the desired value press [Mode]. If you do not press any key for about 30 seconds, the display will be blanked.
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Operating Operating mode ‘Preprog‐ A preprogrammed automatic show can only be activated when the unit is operating in stand- rammed automatic show’ alone mode or as master in a master / slave combination. This setting is only relevant if the device is not controlled via DMX.
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Operating To adjust the strobe frequency, press [Setup] repeatedly until the display shows ‘FL.xx’ . With [Up] | [Down] you can now select a value between ‘FL.00’ (slow) and ‘FL.99’ (fast). Settings for programmes 02 … 30: To adjust the speed of the selected automatic show, press [Setup] repeatedly until the display shows ‘SPxxx’...
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Operating DMX mode This setting is only relevant when the device is controlled via DMX. Press [Mode] repeatedly until the display shows ‘d.xxx’ . Press [Setup]. Now you can set the number of the first DMX channel to be used by the device (DMX address). Use [Up] | [Down] to select a value between 1 and 512 (the display shows ‘d.001’...
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Operating Press [Setup]. With [Up] | [Down] you can now select one of the following DMX operating modes: ‘4-ch’ (four channels) ‘8-ch’ (eight channels) ‘10ch’ (ten channels) ‘12ch’ (twelve channels) Sound control A sound-controlled show can only be activated when the unit is operating in stand alone mode or as master in a master / slave combination.
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Operating Constant unicoloured pattern A constant unicoloured pattern can only be activated when the unit is operating in stand alone mode or as master in a master / slave combination. This setting is only relevant if the device is not controlled via DMX. Press [Mode] repeatedly until the display shows ‘Colr’...
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Operating Dimmer curve Press [Mode] repeatedly until the display shows ‘Set’ . Press [Setup]. Use [Up] | [Down] to select the menu item ‘Cu.SE’ and confirm with [Setup]. With [Up] | [Down] you can select one of the following dimmer curves. The dimmer curve determines how the brightness increases or decreases depending on the set DMX value.
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Operating Dimmer speed Press [Mode] repeatedly until the display shows ‘Set’ . Press [Setup]. Use [Up] | [Down] to select the menu item ‘di.SP’ and confirm with [Setup]. With [Up] | [Down] you can choose the response speed of the dimmer between ‘FASt’ (fast) and ‘SLO’...
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Operating Behaviour on DMX failure Press [Mode] repeatedly until the display shows ‘Set’ . Use [Up] | [Down] to select the menu item ‘FAIL’ and confirm with [Setup]. With [Up] | [Down] you can choose how the device behaves in case of a disturbed DMX transmission: ‘-OFF’...
Operating 7.5 Functions in 4-channel DMX mode Channel Value Function 0…255 Intensity red (0 % to 100 %), for all LEDs together 0…255 Intensity green (0 % to 100 %), for all LEDs together 0…255 Intensity blue (0 % to 100 %), for all LEDs together 0…255 Intensity white (0 % to 100 %), for all LEDs CLB5 2P RGBWWCompact LED Bar...
Operating 7.6 Functions in 8-channel DMX mode Channel Value Function 0…255 Intensity red (0 % to 100 %) for all LEDs spot 1 0…255 Intensity green (0 % to 100 %) for all LEDs spot 1 0…255 Intensity blue (0 % to 100 %) for all LEDs spot 1 0…255 Intensity white (0 % to 100 %) for all LEDs spot 1 0…255...
Operating 7.7 Functions in 10-channel DMX mode Channel Value Function 0…255 Dimmer (0 % to 100 %) 0…255 Intensity red (0 % to 100 %) for all LEDs spot 1 0…255 Intensity green (0 % to 100 %) for all LEDs spot 1 0…255 Intensity blue (0 % to 100 %) for all LEDs spot 1 0…255...
Operating 7.8 Functions in 12-channel DMX mode Channel Value Function 0…255 Dimmer (0 % to 100 %) 0…255 Intensity red (0 % to 100 %) for all LEDs spot 1 0…255 Intensity green (0 % to 100 %) for all LEDs spot 1 0…255 Intensity blue (0 % to 100 %) for all LEDs spot 1 0…255...
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Operating Channel Value Function 8…15 Preprogrammed automatic show 01 16…23 Preprogrammed automatic show 02 24…31 Preprogrammed automatic show 03 32…39 Preprogrammed automatic show 04 40…47 Preprogrammed automatic show 05 48…55 Preprogrammed automatic show 06 56…63 Preprogrammed automatic show 07 64…71 Preprogrammed automatic show 08 72…79 Preprogrammed automatic show 09...
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Operating Channel Value Function 112…119 Preprogrammed automatic show 14 120…127 Preprogrammed automatic show 15 128…135 Preprogrammed automatic show 16 136…143 Preprogrammed automatic show 17 144…151 Preprogrammed automatic show 18 152…159 Preprogrammed automatic show 19 160…167 Preprogrammed automatic show 20 168…175 Preprogrammed automatic show 21 176…183 Preprogrammed automatic show 22...
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Operating Channel Value Function 216…223 Preprogrammed automatic show 27 224…231 Preprogrammed automatic show 28 232…239 Preprogrammed automatic show 29 240…255 Sound-controlled show Function depending on setting of channel 10 Channel 10 = 0…7 0…15 R: 0; G: 0; B: 0; W: 0; 16…31 R: 255;...
Operating Channel Value Function 243…251 Sound-controlled operation 28 252…255 Sound-controlled operation 29 Strobe effect 0…4 No stroboscope effect 5…255 Stroboscope effect, increasing speed 7.9 Reset to factory default setting Proceed as follows to reset the device to factory defaults: Press [Mode] repeatedly until the display shows ‘Set’ . Use [Up] | [Down] to select the menu item ‘-rSt’...
Technical specifications Technical specifications Illuminant 14 × RGBWW-LEDs, each 4 W Number of DMX channels 4, 8, 10 or 12 channels, according to operating mode Beam angle approx. 40° Operating supply voltage 100 – 240 V 50/60 Hz Power consumption 60 W Fuse 5 mm ×...
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Technical specifications Environmental conditions Temperature range 0 °C…40 °C Relative humidity 50 %, non-condensing CLB5 2P RGBWWCompact LED Bar...
Plug and connection assignments Plug and connection assignments Introduction This chapter will help you select the right cables and plugs to connect your valuable equip‐ ment so that a perfect light experience is guaranteed. Please take our tips, because especially in ‘Sound & Light’ caution is indicated: Even if a plug fits into a socket, the result of an incorrect connection may be a destroyed DMX controller, a short circuit or ‘just’...
Cleaning Cleaning Optical lenses Clean the optical lenses, that are accessible from the outside, regularly in order to optimize the light output. The frequency of cleaning depends on the operating environment: wet, smoky or particularly dirty surroundings can cause more accumulation of dirt on the optics of the device.
Protecting the environment Protecting the environment Disposal of the packaging mate‐ rial For the transport and protective packaging, environmentally friendly materials have been chosen that can be supplied to normal recycling. Ensure that plastic bags, packaging, etc. are properly disposed of. Do not just dispose these materials with your normal household waste, but make sure that they are fed to a recovery.
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Protecting the environment Disposal of your old device This product is subject to the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) in its currently valid version. Do not dispose with your normal household waste. Dispose this device through an approved waste disposal firm or through your local waste facility.
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