THELIGHT 4light User Manual

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User´s Manual
THELIGHT Luminary for cine and TV, S.L.
December 2011

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  • Page 1 Battery powered LED fixture User´s Manual THELIGHT Luminary for cine and TV, S.L. December 2011...
  • Page 2: Introduction

    This guide provides information about how to use the product functions to illuminate with this equipment as well as warnings on his use. The 4LIGHT is a product of professional use for interior locations or studio and must be operated only by qualified technical personnel.
  • Page 3: Safety Precautions

    The lamp head is equipped with high power LEDs. Due to their high light- output intensity don’t stare directly into the light source. The V-lock mount or the XLR4 receptacle can be used for powering the 4LIGHT by battery. Relevant information on Battery use Use only original chargers.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents.……………….……………………………………………………………………......1. Main features……………………………………………………………………………………………………....2. Components and accessories…………………………………………………………………......3. Names and parts…………….…………………………………………………………………………......4LIGHT lamp head……………………………….……………………………………………………..... VDC Control Unit / VDC Control Unit DMX……………..…………………………...... 4. Placing into operation…..………………………………………………………………………………...... Quick link swivel ball head mounting………………………………………………..………....10 Removing the Quick link swivel ball head mounting ….…………………………………………...
  • Page 5: Main Features

    1. MAIN FEATURES 4LIGHT is an LED panel housing a total of 96 high power LED. It has been specially designed and its colorimetry calibrated for professional photography, cinematography and television industry use. 4LIGHT main innovative features are: Variable Colour Temperature •...
  • Page 6: Components And Accessories

    2. COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES Each 4LIGHT kit is composed by: 1 x 4LIGHT lamp head 1 x VDC Control Unit / VDC Control Unit DMX...
  • Page 7 1 x Quick link swivel-ball head with 3/8” pin 2 x Removable barn doors (available separately) 1 x 2,5 meters power cable 1 x 2,5 meters extension cable 1 x Hexagonal 5/8” (16mm ) baby spud 1 x Quick link diffusser...
  • Page 8: Names And Parts

    3. NAMES AND PARTS 4LIGHT lamp head Rear view VDC Control Unit /VDC Control Unit DMX Front view 1 Power switch 2 Colour temperature digital display 3 Intensity level digital display 4 Turbo status blue LED 5 Green/magenta offset status green LED...
  • Page 9 Rear view VDC Control Unit 1. Fuse receptacle (1 x 15A) 2. XLR4 VDC input Rear view VDC Control Unit DMX 1. Fuse receptacle (1 x 15A) 2. XLR DMX in 3. XLR4 VDC in 4. XLR DMX out...
  • Page 10: Placing Into Operation

    4. PLACING INTO OPERATION 1. Quick link swivel ball head mounting Align the swivel ball head plate to the four rivets located at the back of the lamp head as shown in the picture. On mounting the lamp head on any type of support, tripod or ceiling Warning grid make sure the swivel ball head handle is facing down towards the ground.
  • Page 11: Connect A Battery On The V-Lock Mount

    2. Connect a battery on the V-lock mount Either the V-lock mount or the XLR4 receptacle can be used for powering the 4LIGHT by battery. Any battery form 9 to 36 V can be used. Relevant information on Battery use Use only original chargers.
  • Page 12: Disconnecting The Extension Cable

    You can place the VDC Control Unit in the stand mast for a handy use close to the lamp head. To do so you will need to use a regular Super Clamp (not included in the 4LIGHT kit) and insert the Hexagonal 5/8”...
  • Page 13: Digital Adjustments

    5. DIGITAL ADJUSTMENTS The VDC Control Unit doubles as power supply and digital remote controller of the following light parameters through its programmed CPU: Calibrated Colour Temperature variation • Stable colour dimming • Green/magenta bias control • Turning the Power On/Off Turn on the equipment by switching the power button towards the I position.
  • Page 14: Dimmer

    When this switch is not in the standard position a green LED light turns on in the VDC Control Unit to warn that the light emitted no longer guarantees the correct chromaticity. THELIGHT guarantees the correct colorimetry for light emitting from their high power LED light fixtures, calibrated in the laboratory according to current international NOTE: standards of the CIE 13.3-1995 for the average CRI and the chromatic co-ordinates (x, y...
  • Page 15: Dmx 512 Control

    After the DMX address is entered the Control Unit will automatically assign the following two channels. If you wish to control several THELIGHT fixtures at the same values you will have to set them to the same address. If you wish to control several THELIGHT fixtures independently you will have to offset their address by 3 channels.
  • Page 16: Mechanical Adjustments

    7. MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENTS Beam angle variation Hold the lamp head from the outer segments and bend it in or out to the wanted concave or convex shape. Choose the light beam angle you need and the lamp head will remain at the chosen setting. When the lamp head is positioned at standard flat setting the light beam angle is 35º.
  • Page 17: Quick Link Diffuser Installation

    Quick link diffuser installation To assemble the diffuser insert the four magnets in their respective holes to set- up a diffusion box as shown in the picture. Position the lamp head in its standard flat setting. Align the top diffuser box magnets with their respective screws located on the lamp head.
  • Page 18: Specifications

    30º to 65º (standard 35º) LED RATED LIFE more than 50.000 hours THELIGHT LED TECHNOLOGY UME (Minimum Emitting Unit) made up of: 3 high-power LED with a selected BIN + Fresnel lens + CPU control with THELIGHT software...
  • Page 19: Chromaticity Coordinates Diagram

    CHROMATITY COORDINATES DIAGRAM (x, y CIE-1931) Shown on the diagram are the THELIGHT lamp head chromaticity coordinates (x, y CIE-1931) feed and digitally controlled by its Control Unit and they are compared with the reference illuminants. These reference illuminants are the Planckian locus radiator set below 5000K and the CIE daylight reference is set over 5000K.
  • Page 20: Photometrics

    The Instrument Systems scanning spectrometer, model Spectro 320, serial number 30932004, with its accessory TOP-100 has an imprecision over the spectral radiometric results delivered lower than 1%. Specifications subject to change without notice. THELIGHT technology is protected under Spanish license laws with international patents pending. THELIGHT luminary for cine and tv, S.L.
  • Page 21: Regulations

    This equipment is designed to meet the following regulations and safety standards for battery powered technology equipment: ENVINRONMENTAL THELIGHT devices are certified and intended for indoor use (lamp head IP21, VDC Control Unit IP41) LAMP HEAD OPERATIÓN TEMPERATURE from -20º to +30º C CONTROL UNIT OPERATIÓN TEMPERATURE from -20º to +50º C...
  • Page 23: Declaration Of Conformity

    EN 60598-1:2003+A1:2006 Luminaries: general requirements DIRECTIVE: 2004/108/CE Electromagnetic Compatibility (E.M.C.) ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY: THELIGHT is intended to Electromagnetic Environment E2 (Commercial and light industrial). STANDARD: EN 61000-6-1:2005. Electromagnetic Compatibility, Generic immunity standard. Residential and light industry. EN 61000-6-3:2005. Electromagnetic Compatibility, Generic EMI standard. Residential and light industry.
  • Page 24: Warranty

    THELIGHT Luminary for cine and tv, S.L. www.thelight.com.es The total or partial reproduction of this guide is prohibited without the express written permission of THELIGHT. THELIGHT technology is protected under Spanish license laws with international patents pending. Information and specifications in this document are subject to change without notice.
  • Page 26 THELIGHT Luminary for cine and TV, S.L. www.thelight.com.es 2011 © Copyright THELIGHT. All rights reserved.

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