Pocketwizard CLASSIC User Manual

The

PocketWizard

Users Manual

Put the magic of a Wizard into your photos

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Table Of Contents

Introduction / Features .........................................................................................1

Getting Started / Using your PocketWizard .......................................................2

Installing Batteries.................................................................................................3

Connecting the Transmitter to the Camera.........................................................4

Connecting the Receiver to a Flash Pack ............................................................4

Connecting the Transmitter to a Local Strobe ...................................................4

Transmitter and Receiver Orientation.................................................................5

Care and Feeding ..................................................................................................6

Troubleshooting Guide .........................................................................................7

Introduction

Getting Started

Congratulations on your purchase of the PocketWizard radio slave. This is the newest
entry in the most reliable line of radio slave products available. The PocketWizard is a
fully digital radio system, making use of a microprocessor in both the transmitter and
the receiver. Digital signaling allows the PocketWizard to reject spurious noise, and to
receive weak signals without any degradation in performance.

PocketWizard Features

1. Sixteen selectable ID numbers (channels)

2. Regulated power supply - no performance degradation until low battery indication

3. Digital trigger signal virtually eliminates false fires

4. Sync at speeds up to 1/250 second with a focal plane shutter or 1/500 second with
a leaf shutter (it takes approximately 540uS for the receiver to respond to a sync)

5. Will trigger most cameras with motor drive ports

6. Allows you to use a strobe you carry with you, a remote strobe, or both

7. Light weight - weighs less than 4.5 ounces with batteries.

8. Transmitter and receiver each use 2 AA batteries

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Using your PocketWizard

1. Install batteries or an AC adapter in the transmitter and receiver. See page 3 for
detailed battery installation instructions

2. Attach a sync cord (PC to miniphone is the most common) from your camera to the

SYNC IN connector on the transmitter - note that the SYNC IN and SYNC OUT jacks look
the same

3. Attach a sync cord from the SYNC OUT

4. Set the dial on the PocketWizard transmitter and receiver to the same ID number

5. Turn the transmitter and receiver on. They will automatically sync up to 1 /250th
of a second with a focal plane shutter and 1/500 with a leaf shutter

6. Verify that the light on the receiver blinks every few seconds

7. Verify that the light on the transmitter double blinks every few seconds

8. Move the LOCAL - BOTH - REMOTE selector switch on the transmitter to the BOTH
position

9. Press the TEST FIRE button on the trans mit ter and confirm that the remote strobe
goes off. The receiver will stay activated as long as you hold the TEST FIRE button.

10. Send in your registration card, and you are ready to go to work!

SYNC OUT

SYNC OUTSYNC OUT

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connector on the receiver to your strobe pack

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