Kodak POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver User Guide

Using your KODAK PROFESSIONAL

DCS Pro SLR/n, Pro 14n, or Pro 14nx

Digital Camera with a

POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver

P/N 4J1576

User’s Guide

Eastman Kodak Company 343 State Street Rochester, New York, 14650

Table of Contents

1 Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver

Overview.........................................................................................................................................................1-1

Initial Setup.......................................................................................................... ...........................................1-2

Navigating the Menus.......................................................................................................................................1-3

Displaying the POCKETWIZARD Menu.............................................................................................................1-4

Choosing the POCKETWIZARD Mode............................... ... ............................................. ... .............................1-5

Transmit Mode.........................................................................................................................................1-5

Receive Mode...........................................................................................................................................1-5

Relay Mode............................................................................................................. .. ................................1-5

Setting the Channel..........................................................................................................................................1-6

Setting the Zone...............................................................................................................................................1-7

Setting the Transmit Zone.........................................................................................................................1-7

Setting the Receive Zone...........................................................................................................................1-7

Test Flash................................................................................ ........................................................................1-8

Test Radio....................................... .............................................. ... ...............................................................1-9

Strobe Confirmation......................................................................................................................................1-10

SpeedCycler Mode.........................................................................................................................................1-11

Teach Channel...............................................................................................................................................1-12

Version..........................................................................................................................................................1-13

2 POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver Specifications 3 FCC and IC Compliance Information

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Overview

Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio

Transceiver

The POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver is a digital wireless triggering system.

The POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver installed in your KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS Pro SLR/n, DCS Pro 14n, or DCS Pro 14nx Digital Camera is a fully integrated camera component. You can operate the POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver with camera controls and camera menu displays.

The POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver is fully compatible with all other POCKETWIZARD products including the POCKETWIZARD Classic, the POCKETWIZARD Plus, the POCKETWIZARD MAX, and the POCKETWIZARD MultiMAX.

The POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver operates with other professional photography equipment with POCKETWIZARD Inside such as PROFOTO, DYNA-LITE, and PHOTO CONTROL flash systems, SEKONIC Light Meters, and the NIKON D1 series of digital cameras.

Refer to the user manual included with any of your remote POCKETWIZARD devices for additional information.

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Using your Camera with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver

Initial Setup

To use the POCKETWIZARD feature you must prepare the cameras and flash units that you will be using. All devices must be equipped with or connected to a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver.

1. Screw the POCKETWIZARD antenna into the PC Sync terminal of any cameras (with a POCKETWIZARD Radio Transceiver) in your setup.

CAUTION

Do not screw the POCKETWIZARD antenna too tightly. Doing so can damage the antenna.

2. Set the appropriate POCKETWIZARD mode in each transmitting and receiving device (see page 1-5).

3. Set the channel and zones in the transmitting and receiving devices. If a receiving device has no user interface, use the Teach Channel feature on the camera to "teach" it the appropriate values (see page 1-12).

If you don’t connect the antenna to your camera (or if the antenna is damaged), the following screen appears when you capture an image in POCKETWIZARD mode.

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Navigating the Menus

For more information on using menus, see the User’s Manual included with your camera.

OK button

Menu button

Image LCD

Cancel button

Four-way switch

Menu button—Press to display menus on the Image LCD. Image LCD—Use tabbed menus to access digital functions. OK button—Press to confirm a selection. Cancel button—Press to exit a menu without accepting a change. Four-way switch—Press the left or right side to navigate between tabbed

menus or to enable or disable a cascaded menu. Press the top or bottom to navigate among menu options.

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Displaying the POCKETWIZARD Menu

1. Press the Menu button.

2. If the Capture tab does not appear, press and hold the Menu button and press the left side of the Four-way switch until the Capture tab is selected.

3. Press the top or bottom of the Four-way switch to highlight POCKETWIZARD.

4. Press the right side of the Four-way switch to display the POCKETWIZARD menu (or press the OK button).

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