This unit contains no user-serviceable parts. Do not open the housing or attempt any maintenance by yourself. In the Any maintenance procedure must be performed by a CONTEST unlikely even your unit may require service, please contact your authorised technical service. Basic cleaning operations must tho- nearest dealer.
Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English 2 - Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Evora-Beam5R moving head. You now have in your possession a high-quality, powerful and intelligent device absolutely perfect for parties, animations, live events... 3 - Caractéristiques Light source •...
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Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English 4 - Description 1 - Lens 2 - Display Allows you to visualise menus. 3 - DC SWITCH button Switches the menu on when the moving head is not plugged in. 4 - MIC Used for music-sensitive modes.
Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English 5 - Replacing the lamp Please unplug the device and wait at let it Any damaged or disformed lamp must be cool down for at least 1 hour before trying replaced.
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Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English 6 - Cabling, addressing and daisy chaining Connecting the DMX remote control : Connect the female plug of your XLR cable to your DMX remote control XLR output, then connect your cable male output to the moving head.
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Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English 7 - Menus The Evora-Beam5R features many menus allowing you to configure its every move and function. Press MODE / ESC to access the main menu. Use the navigation keys to browse through submenus. Then press ENTER to access a submenu. Use the navigation keys to change values.
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Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English 7.2 INFORMATION This menu allows you to visualise the moving head running time, its temperature, and the current version of the internal software. Submenus Values Description Current Time Current running time since the unit was last switched on. Overall running time since the very first time the device Total Run Time was switched on.
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Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English 7.4 PERSONALITY This menu allows you to configure the moving head reactions, adjust the ventilation, customise the display and reset all functions to factory settings. Submenus Lower-level menus Values Description Address via DMX ON/OFF Activates addressing via a DMX controller.
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Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English Allows you to configure the cooling fan speeds. • Auto : The projector controls its fans speed according to its temperature. Fans Control Auto / High / Low • High : Maximum fan speed. •...
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Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English 7.6 Effect Adjust This menu allows you to test and manually control each function, and recalibrate PAN and TILT movements. Submenus Values Description AUTO Test Channel Tests each function individually..
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Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English User mode A editing : Max Channel = XX - Max Channel is the number of channels used. Edit User mode A PAN = CHXX - PAN = CHXX is the channel used by the PAN function..etc When a function is moved to another channel, it will be replaced by the former function using the same channels.
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Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English This submenu allows you to edit one of the 250 scenes. • Auto Program, Select a scene and press ENTER. PAN, TILT Fine, Scene 1 Sélect each function (PAN, TILT, ...etc) and press ENTER, then Scene 2 assign a value included between 000 and 255 to each function.
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Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English 8 - DMX channels and their functions The Evora-Beam5R moving head includes 3 preset DMX modes : The Basic mode features 12 channels, the Standard mode features 14 channels and the Expert mode features 18 channels.
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Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English 128 - 189 Clockwise Rainbow effect 190 - 193 No rotation 194 - 255 Counterclockwise Rainbow effect Precise colour wheel settings 000 - 225 Very precise colour wheel settings Rotating gobos 000 - 009 Open 010 - 019...
In any case, please write down the error displayed and contact your retailer to launch a maintenance procedure. Do NOT attempt to repair it by yourself as only Contest-approved technicians are allowed to perform maintenance operations. 10 - Photometric datas...
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Evora-Beam5R - Beam moving head with Platinum 5R lamp English 11 - Dimensions Page 19...
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