Chauvet J-Six User Manual

Snapshot

120 V/230 V

Switchable

Use on Dimmer

Outdoor Use

Sound-Activated

DMX

Master/Slave

Replaceable Fuse

User-Serviceable

User Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. BE FORE Y OU BEGIN ............................................................................................................................................................ 3

WHAT IS INCLUDED ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3

UNPACKING INSTRUCTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................... 3

MANUAL CONVENTIONS ................................................................................................................................................................ 3

ICONS........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3

AC POWER ................................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Power Linking .................................................................................................................................................................... 4

CONTACT US .............................................................................................................................................................................. 5

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS................................................................................................................................................................. 5

2. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 6

FEATURES.................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

PRODUCT OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................................... 6

MOUNTING ................................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Orientation.......................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Rigging ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Fuse Replacement............................................................................................................................................................. 7

3. OPER ATING INSTRUCTIONS .............................................................................................................................................. 7

STANDALONE MODE (SOUND-ACTIVE): ........................................................................................................................................... 7

4. APPENDIX .............................................................................................................................................................................. 8

GENERAL MAINTENANCE .............................................................................................................................................................. 8

RETURNS PROCEDURE ................................................................................................................................................................. 8

CLAIMS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING ....................................................................................................................................................... 9

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ......................................................................................................................................................... 9

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1. BEFORE YOU BEGIN

What is Included

Ø 1 x J-Six™
Ø 1 x Power C ord
Ø 1 x Warranty Card
Ø 1 x User Manual

Unpac ki ng Instru cti o ns

Immediately upon receiving a fixture, carefully unpack the carton, check the contents to ensure that
all parts are present, and have been received in good condition. Notify the shipper immediately and
retain packing material for inspection if any parts appear damaged from shipping or the carton itself
shows signs of mishandling. Save the carton and all packing materials. In the event that a fixture
must be returned to the factory, it is important that the fixture be returned in the original factory box
and packing.

Manual Conventions

CHAUVET® manuals use the following conventions to differentiate certain types of information from
the regular text.

CONVENTION

[10] A DIP switch to be configured

<Menu> A key to be pressed on the fixture’s control panel

1~512 A range of val u es

50/60 A set of values of w hic h on ly one can be ch os en

Settings A menu option not to be modified (for example, showing the operating mode/current status)

MENU > Settings A sequence of menu options to be followed

ON A value t o be ent ered or sel ect ed

MEANING

Icons

This man u al us es th e followin g ic ons to indicate inf ormation th at r eq u ires speci al at t ention on th e p art
of the user.

ICON

This p aragrap h cont ains crit ical i nstall ation, c onfig urati on or op erati on inf ormati on. Failur e
to com ply with t his inf ormati on may r ender th e fixture partiall y or c ompletel y inoper ative,
cause damage to the fixture or cause harm to the user.

This paragraph contains important installation or configuration information. Failure to
comply with this information may prevent the fixture from functioning correctly.

This parag raph remi nds you of useful, alth ough not cr itical, informati on.

MEANING

AC Power

This fixture has power switch that can accommodate 120 V and 230 V, 50/60 Hz. The only thing
necessary to do before powering on the unit is to make sure the power switch is set to the appropriate
line volt ag e. All fixtures must be powered directly off a switched circuit and cannot be r un of f a
rheostat (variable resistor) or dimmer circuit, even if the rheostat or dimmer channel is used solely for

All fixtures must be connected to circuits with a suitable Earth Ground.

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a 0–100% switch.