Godox THINKLITE TT520 II, THINKLITE TT560 II - Camera Flash Manual

WARNING

Always keep this product dry. Do not use in rain or in damp conditions.
Do not disassemble. Should repairs become necessary, this product must be sent to an authorized maintenance center.
Keep out of reach of children.

Stop using this product if it breaks open due to extrusion, falling or strong hit. Otherwise, electric shock may occur if you touch the electronic parts inside it.
Do not fire the flash directly into the eyes (especially those of babies) within short distances. Otherwise visual impairment may occur.

Do not use the flash unit in the presence of flammable gases, chemicals and other similar materials. In certain circumstance, these materials may be sensitive to the strong light emitting from this flash unit and fire or electromagnetic interference may result.
Do not leave or store the flash unit if the ambient temperature reads over 50℃. Otherwise the electronic parts may be damaged.
Turn off the flash unit immediately in the event of malfunction.

NOMENCLATURE

INSTALLATION

Battery Installation

Open the battery cover
Slide the battery cover along the arrow direction and then open it by thumb.

Insert batteries
Install the batteries according to the direction indicated by the sicker in the battery holder and make sure the + and – battery contact are correctly inserted at the battery compartment.

Close the battery cover
Slide the battery cover along the arrow direction and slide it back in place. The battery cover will be locked when there is a "click" sound.

Attention:

• Take care of the hot battery when changing them after continuous flashes.
• Take out the battery when idle in case the battery leakage damages the flash unit.

Mounting the unit on the camera

Twist the lock ring anticlockwise to loosen it to the highest point. Slide the mounting foot of the flash into the hotshoe of camera.

Twist the lock ring clockwise to tighten it.

To remove the flash, loosen the fixed knob and slide it out of the hotshoe of camera.

USING THE DEVICE

Power management

After use, press the ON/OFF to OFF to power off.

• Switch to the ON, the flash will start charging (the charging indicator is dim).After several seconds, the charging indicator turns red and TT520 II /TT560 II is ready to shoot.
• For a test flash, press the test button. After use, press the ON/OFF to OFF to power off.
• If the red charging indicator lamp flickers in every 1s, it indicates low battery. In such case, the power will turn off automatically and you need to replace the batteries.

Power Control

• The flash unit has 8 steps of power output control which indicated by 8 pieces of LED lamp for different level.
• Press "+" to make power higher and they are 1/128,1/64,1/32,1/16, 1/8,1/4,1/2,1/1. Otherwise, press "-" to make power lower.

M Mode

Press the MODE key to M Mode. In this mode, you can set TT520 II /TT560 II onto your camera hotshoe or speedlite trigger hotshoe to trigger the flash unit. When shooting, adjust the flash power and press the camera shutter, the flash light will flash under the camera synchronous signal.

S1 Mode

• Press the MODE key to S1 Mode. The mode is applicable for slave flash in order to create many lighting effects. It is respectively applicable for manual flash environment.
• When the flash is S1 mode, it will fire synchronously when the master flash fires, comparable with the effect by the use of radio trigger.

S2 Mode

Press the MODE key to S2 Mode. The mode is applicable for slave flash in order to create many lighting effects. The flash unit won't flash synchronously with the first flash but the second flash from the master flash, which is the second flash synchronization.

Note
The optic light sensor will stop functioning under M Mode.
The hotshoe's trigger function will stop under S1 and S2 Mode.

Wireless Triggering Function

• As TT520 II/TT560 II has built-in wireless signal, please use RT transmitter as the transmitter end.
• Long press MODE button for 2 seconds to control the ON/OFF of wireless triggering function. When the wireless indicator lighted, wireless triggering function is ON; when the wireless indicator put out, wireless triggering function is OFF. To save power, turn off wireless triggering function when in idle use.

Sync Trigger Function

• The speedlite and camera will trigger synchronously by using a PC sync cord to connect the sync terminals of the camera and the speedlite together.

Power-saving Function

• To save battery power, the flash will enter stand-by state in about 30 minutes of idle use. Press any button to wake it up.
• In S1/S2 mode, the flash will enter stand-by state in about 60 minutes of idle use. Press any button to wake it up.
• In power-saving mode, the charging indicator flickers in every 3 seconds. Other indicators are turned off.

Protection Function

• Protection in continuous flashes
  To prevent the flash head from getting too hot and damage, please do not flash over 20 times when in power level 1/2,1/1. Please cool down the flash unit for at least 10 minutes. The over-temperature protection function will be activated if you continue to flash after 20 times. In this state the charging time will turn to 10-25s. Please cool down the flash unit around 10 minutes and it will turn to normal state.
  Number of flashes that will activate over-temperature protection:

• Systematic over-temperature protection
  When the inner circuit is over-heating, which indicates over use of the flash unit, the inner circuit will shut down power automatically. The flash unit will turn to normal state after the inner circuit is cooled down.

ADVANCED APPLICATION

Bounce Lighting

Bounce flash means to take photos by bouncing the light off wall or ceiling to soften the light on the subject, and the shadow shade out, to get more desired picture.

Use Reflection Board to Take Photos

Pull out the refection board and built-in wide panel from the flash head at the same time and then push the built-in wide panel back.

In such case, if this product is being used to take photos, it will produce a highlighted point on the eyes of the subject and thus make the eyes charming (catch lights). This function can reach optimal effect when the flash head is up 90°.

Use Wide-angle Diffuser

Pull out the built-in wide panel to enlarge flash lighting range, so as to get more softened and natural lighting effect.

SPECIFICATIONS

Accessories:
Flash light (1)
User manual (1)
Protecting bag (1)
RT transmitter (1)
Mini stand (1)

Documents / Resources

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