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  • Page 1 RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless Owners Manual...
  • Page 2 RadioPopper is owned by Leap Devices, LLC in Vancouver, WA. This product was designed, produced, and manufactured in the USA. FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reason- able protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents IMPORTANT NOTE: To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, the following antenna installation and device operating configurations must be satisfied - This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. PRODUCT PATENT(S) PENDING Introduction .

  • Page 4: Introduction

    RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Introduction Thank you for your purchase of the RadioPopper PX wireless radio system. We hope you’ll find this system to be a valuable tool in your creative lighting, giving you flexibility and control never before possible.
  • Page 5 Introduction How It Works The RadioPopper PX system is beautifully simple. Quickly mount the PX Transmitter to your Master flash or Commander Unit, a PX Receiver to each slave flash. Your current master and slave wireless flash system continues to function just as it always has, minus the line of sight limitation.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Compatible Hardware: The PX System has been tested and found to be compatible with the following flash hardware. See our website for updates as we test and certify compatibility with additional hardware. Canon Master / Commander Devices:...

  • Page 7: Specifications And Warnings

    Specifications and Warnings WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!!! PLEASE read this section in detail for important warnings and notices. USE ONLY THE SUPPLIED TRANSMITTER ANTENNA! Using any antenna other than the one supplied for use with your PX Transmitter is a violation of Federal Law and may actually cause damage to the radio inside the transmitter.
  • Page 8 RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Page 8...

  • Page 9: Parts Descriptions

    Parts Description Transmitter Parts 1) User Interface - Buttons and Lights 2) Digital Display 3) Battery Compartment Door 4) Antenna 5) Magnetic / Inductive / Magic Signal Pickup Sensor Receiver Parts 1) User Interface - Buttons and Lights 2) Digital Display 3) Battery Compartment Door 4) Antenna 6) Light Source - IR Signal Emission Window...
  • Page 10 RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Installation: RadioPopper PX Transmitter 1) Remove the battery compartment door on the top side of the unit. 2) Remove the cover and insert two (2) AAA size batteries into the battery holder. It is very important to follow the polarity direction indicated on the inner sticker to ensure unit operation and avoid possible transmitter damage.

  • Page 11: Installation

    Installation Installation: RadioPopper PX Receiver NOTE: It is extremely important that your PX Receiver be mounted in such a way that the IR light sensor on your Slave flash unit cannot “see” the control signals being sent by your Master flash unit. The Slave flash must only see the light control signals being emitted by the light source behind the green circle window on your PX Re- ceiver.
  • Page 12 RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Fig 1.1 Figure 1.1 displays an assembled bracket setup for a Canon flash Page 12...
  • Page 13 Installation Master Flash Light Output SPEEDLITE 580EX Fig 2.1 Transmitter Mounting on Other Hardware For mounting the PX Transmitter on other hardware such as the Canon ST-E2 and Nikon SU-800 IR Commanders, the mounting is essentially the same. Mount the PX Transmitter to the very top of the Master device, about centered with the magnetic pickup sensor facing forward and the antenna pointed upward.
  • Page 14 RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Operation: RadioPopper PX Transmitter - QUICK REFERENCE Power On / Off - Press and hold the Power Button for one second. Green LED on indicates “power on”, Green LED off indicates “power off”. Enter Menu Mode - Tap the “X” button one time to enter Menu Mode. Once in Menu Mode, you will move to the next menu each time the “P”...

  • Page 15: Menu Quick Reference

    Menu Quick Reference PX Transmitter Menu Quick Reference Enter Menu b = Battery Level (9-1) Quickly Exit Menu CH = Radio Chan (01-16, P1) 1st Press: Show Current (no change); Subsequent: Cycle Channels G1 = Group 1 Level (00-32) 1st Press: Show Current (no change); Subsequent: Adjust Level Reduce level by pressing the “P”...
  • Page 16 Menu Quick Reference PX Receiver Menu Quick Reference Enter Menu b = Battery Level (9-1) Quickly Exit Menu CH = Radio Chan (01-16, P1) 1st Press: Show Current (no change); Subsequent: Cycle Channels A c = Auto Clr Chan Select Activate.
  • Page 17 RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Operational Features Battery Level Indicator On both the PX Transmitter and PX Receiver, a two stage battery level indication system is provided. The battery level may be checked by tapping the “X” button from normal operation. This enters the menu system, the first screen of which displays the current battery level.

  • Page 18: Operating Instructions

    Operating Instructions Radio Channel Selection - (CH) Your PX units provide 16 individual radio frequency channels. Multiplied by the four channels of your existing flash system, this provides an effective 64 distinct operating channels. Increment the channel number by tapping the “X” button.
  • Page 19 RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Operational Features - Con’t. Light Bright Level - (L) The electronics, computer processor, and radio unit designed into the PX units are so efficient, that they actually draw less power from your battery than a single LED light. It turns out that the Power LED is the most significant draw of battery power.
  • Page 20 Operating Instructions Operational Features - Con’t. Reset Defaults - (r E) Your PX units may be completely reset to factory defaults using this mode. The reset will also invoke the factory pre-test start sequence the next time your unit is powered on. To invoke the Reset to take place, press and hold the “X” button.

  • Page 21: P1 Clone Mode

    RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System P1 Clone Mode Your PX Transmitter and PX Receiver units provide a feature which allows backward compatibility with RadioPopper P1 Transmitter and P1 Receiver units. In this mode, your PX unit essentially “clones” a P1 unit. In other words, your PX will behave exactly as if it were a P1 unit.
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  • Page 23 RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System About This Section We have put much consideration into the design and operation of the PX system. We are confident you will experience simple and worry free operation. Please refer to this section if you do experience any trouble while operating your PX’s.

  • Page 24: Trouble Shooting

    Trouble Shooting 5) Shoot and observe the Link LED strobes momentarily following the shot on both the PX Transmitter and all PX Receiver units. This is an indication that a radio transmission packet was sent and properly received by each PX unit. Occasionally, the Link LED may not strobe on PX Receivers if the PX Transmitter is placed extremely close to the PX Receiver.
  • Page 25 RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System PX Installation Trouble Shooting Now let’s check the physical installation of your PX units on your Master and Slave flash unit(s). 1) On your Master flash, PX Transmitter should be oriented such that the small “bump” on the front (the signal pickup sensor) is facing the same direction as the direction of light coming out of the flash.
  • Page 26 Trouble Shooting 1) Apply the foam ring supplied with your mounting kit to your PX Receiver around the window on the back of the receive marked by the green circle. This foam ring exists to seal the slight gap between the PX Receiver and your slave flash so that outside light signals do not enter the light sensor of your slave flash.
  • Page 27 RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Canon is a registered trademark of Canon Inc. in the United States and may also be a registered trademark ortrademark in other countries. ITTL stands for Intelligent Through The Lens, the trade-marked name for Nikon’s exposure measurement system on SLR cameras. Nikon is a registered trademark of Nikon Corporation.

  • Page 28: Limited Warranty

    Limited Warranty LIMITED WARRANTY The Limited Warranty set forth below is given by Leap Devices LLC (hereafter “Leap”) in the United States with respect to the RadioPopper PX Transmitter and / or RadioPopper PX Receiver packaged with this Limited Warranty and identified by model number within this Limited Warranty (each a “Product”) when purchased and used in the United States or in Canada.
  • Page 29 Copyright 2007-2010, Leap Devices LLC, All Rights Reserved...

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