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Thanks for choosing DEII series studio flash. It is a durable and good quality strobe with complete functions to help photographers create desired lighting effects. The product is suited for wedding, portrait, and product photography. The DEII flash offers:
To prevent damage to the product or injury to you or to others, read the following warnings in their entirety before using this product. Keep these safety instructions where users can read them for ready reference.
Do not disassemble or modify. Should the product break down, send the defective back to the authorized service center for inspection and maintenance.
Keep dry. Do not handle with wet hands, immerse in water, or expose to rain.
Keep out of reach of children.
Please put the device in a ventilation environment and keep the parts of lighting and heat dissipation holes are unobstructed. Do not use in flammable environment.
As this product adopts make and break device, please keep it easy to be used.
No touching the heating parts of this product.
Please turn off the power and wear insulated gloves before installing and connecting accessories. When replacing the tube or modeling lamp, please make sure that the tube is cool and wear insulated gloves to prevent burns.
Do not flash directly towards naked eyes (especially those of babies), otherwise it may lead to visual impairment.
Disconnect from the power supply when it will not be used for an extended period.
After 30 continuous flashes at full power, the flash should be cooled down for about 3 minutes. Overheating will occur if it is used continuously without cooling down.
Do not keep using the modeling lamp for a long time; otherwise flammable accessories attaching to flash head, e.g. softbox will get burnt. A 10-minute time is recommended in this case. After 10 minutes, cool it down for 1 minute.
When using a snoot, do not keep the modeling lamp on for a long time or fire too frequently (not over six times for one minute). Overheating will result in damages for strobe housing and/or studio light.
Avoid sudden impacts as this can damage the flash tube and/or modeling lamp.
The product can be used in combination with the following accessories sold separately, so as to achieve best photography effects: Xpro, X1, XT32 or FT-16 remote control, Power Inverter, Softbox, Photographic Umbrella, Light Stand, Barndoor, Snoot, etc.
Use the power cord to connect the flash to an AC power source and turn on the power switch (3).
Short press the Modeling Lamp Button (5) to choose the modeling lamp's mode (OFF, PROP and percentage); and long press the Modeling Lamp Button (5) to switch on or off the function that the modeling is off when triggering the flash.
Modeling lamp will be off automatically after lighting for 4 hours, avoiding overheat due to long-time lighting when the user is not nearby.
OFF: Modeling lamp is off.
PROP: The modeling lamp's power changes with the flash's power. The bigger power the flash has, the brighter the modeling lamp is.
Percentage: Adjust the modeling lamp's light brightness manually from 5% to 100%
Setting:
When there is flammable accessory on the flash unit, do not keep the modeling lamp on for a long time. It is recommended to cool it down for one minute after 10 minutes' working.
Select dial (14) decides different power output, satisfying light requirements in different environment. The power is adjustable freely from 1/32 to 1/1 which will be accordingly shown on the LCD display (10). "--" on the display indicates that the flash triggering function is turned off. Press the test button to discharge power when the flash output is adjusted from high to low.
To fire the flash without taking a picture, press the test button (4). It can also help adjust the flash brightness when combined with the select dial (14). Press the SET button and turn on the flash to view its version.
The sync cord jack (2) is a Φ3.5mm plug. Insert a trigger plug here and the flash will be fired synchronously with the camera shutter. Synchronously press the S1/S2 button and BUZZ button to recover factory settings.
Short press the GR/CH button can adjust the built-in wireless group. When the group indicator on the LCD panel is blinking, turn the select dial to change. And long press the GR/CH button can adjust the built-in wireless channel. When the channel indicator on the LCD panel is blinking, turn the select dial to change.
Slave Trigger Model
Three slave triggering models are available and can be set by pressing slave model button (6).
Buzz Function
The BUZZ button (8) is used for deciding whether there is sound reminder for ready flash after recharging. When the buzz indicator is on the LCD panel, the buzz function is working; when it is disappear, the buzz function is not working. A "BI" sound will be heard when it's fully charged.
Key Combination
Synchronously press the <GR/CH> Button and the <S1/S2> Button can turn on/off the built-in wireless transmission. If there are no wireless and channel indicators displayed on the LCD panel, the built-in wireless transmission is off. On the contrary, the built-in wireless transmission is on.
Alarm Display
E0 The temperature sensor is not connected.
E1 When charging, the capacitance and voltage are not rising within 1 second.
E2 The fastest heating-up component is over the extra temperature.
E3 Discharged capacitance and voltage>rating +10%
Alarm sounds, BIBI, ringing per 0.5 second. Press SET button to stop alarming.
Memory Function
The device is equipped with memory function for the panel setting. It will help remember the panel setting 3 seconds after you set it. When starting up the flash next time, the panel setting will be the same as that before powering it off.
Wireless Control Function
The flash unit has built-in 2.4G wireless transmission, which can be used together with X1 and XT16 flash trigger.
Synchronously press the <GR/CH> Button and the <S1/S2> Button can turn on the built-in wireless transmission and the <> is displayed. If there are other wireless flash systems nearby, you can change the channel IDs to prevent signal interference. The channel IDs of the master unit and the slave unit(s) must be set to the same.
Setting the Communication Channel
Setting the Communication Group
The flash unit is built in with a Wireless Control Port so that you can wirelessly adjust the power level of the flash and the flash triggering. To control the flash wirelessly, you need a FT-16 remote control set (oncamera and on-flash). Insert its receive end into the Wireless Control Port on the flash and insert the transmit end into the camera hot shoe. Settings made on the hotshoemounted transmit and receive ends will be wirelessly communicated to the flash. Then you can press the camera shutter release button to trigger the flash. You can also hold the transmit end at hand to control your off-camera flash.
For full instructions on the use of FT series remote control, see its user manual.
Tube Replacement
Shut down the power and remove the power cord before replacing the flash tube and wear insulated gloves. Then, loosen the iron wire on the tube, keep a balanced hold on the two feet of the flash tube and pull out the old tube gently. Take down the feet casing from the old tube and put it on the new one. Hold two feet of the new tube, and target directly towards the two copper outlets, then push them slightly in.
Twine the iron wire on the stainless steel sheet to fix the flash tube.
Model | DE300II | DE400II |
Max Power (WS) | 300WS | 400WS |
Guide Number(m ISO 100) | 76 | |
Color Temperature | 5600±200K | |
Operating Voltage | AC220V-240V~50Hz | |
Power Output Control | OFF, 5.0~10.0(1/32~1/1) | |
Modeling Lamp (W) | 150W | |
Recycle Time | AC220V-240V~50Hz/within 1.5s | |
Triggering Method | Sync cord, Test button, Slave triggering, Wireless control port | |
Flash Duration | 1/2000~1/800s | |
Parameters output from the sync cord jack | 5V | |
Parameters output from the USB port | 5V/200mA (only for Godox receiver) | |
Fuse | AC220V-240V~50Hz: 5A | |
Dimension | Flash diameter 11.7 CM, height of flash with handle 18.2CM, length of flash with lamp cover 37CM | |
Net Weight | Approx. 1.6KG | Approx. 1.8KG |
Here you can download full pdf version of manual, it may contain additional safety instructions, warranty information, FCC rules, etc.
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