TECshow NAVIGATOR 3+ User Manual
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NAV I GATO R 3+
Dmx moving lights controller – 384 channels
USER MANUAL / MANUAL DE USUARIO
PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USE
POR FAVOR LEA LAS INSTRUCCIÓNES ANTES DE USAR
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Navigator 3+
DMX moving lights controller - 192 channels
Navigator 3+ is a multifunction controller that can
be used as a DMX console and as a MIDI controller.
In its DMX facet the team has a total of 384 channels, being able to control up to 32 parameters in
the 12 luminaires it supports. Navigator 3+ has 30
memory banks with 8 programmable scenes per
bank and also sports 12 chases with 240 steps each.
A large display, the full integration of MIDI and the
incorporation of a high precision joystick to control
the movements of the luminaires are some of the
features that make it one of the most complete
controllers in its segment.
Specications
Interface
• 7-segment LCD display
• 8 faders for manual control - 4 pages
• Joystick - Pan and Tilt
• Blackout master button
• Fog machine button
• Speed and fade time faders
Features
• 384 DMX channels - 12 xtures of 32 DMX channels
• 12 programmable chases with 240 scenes
• 30 memory banks
• 8 scenes per memory bank
• Fade time assignable
• Manual override
• Controllable via MIDI
• Built-in microphone
Connectors
• 1 XLR-3 DMX Output connector
• 2 MIDI connectors (In/Out)
• 1 DIN connector: Fog Machine
• 1 RCA connector
• 1 USB port
• 1 DB-9 connector for Ext Step control
• 1 Power input
Physical
• Dimensions: 483x135x82 mm. / 19x5.3x3.2 in.
• Weight: 2.2 kg. / 4.8 lbs.
1. OVERVIEW
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2. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Warnings
• This unit is intended for indoor user only.
• Do not allowa for any ammable liquids, water,
or metal objects to enter the unit.
• To reduce the risk of re or electric shock, do
not expose the unit to rain or high levels of
moisture.
• No user serviceable parts inside, do not dismantle the unit yourself.
• Repairs must be done by qualied personnel
only.
• Please do not allow children to play and tamper
with this product.
Cautions
• When unpacking, please ensure that the unit
is not damaged. Should something be wrong,
please contact us immediately.
3. FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW
1. Fixture buttons (1-12): Used to select relevant
xtures for control.
2. Channel faders (1-8): Used to control the output
of each corresponding xture channel.
3. Channel Bank button: Used to switch between
channels 1-8, 9-16, 17-24 and 25-32).
4. Speed fader: Used to adjust chase speed (range
is 0.1 second to 10 minutes per step).
5. Fade Time fader: Used to adjust chase fade
time (range is 0 to 30 seconds).
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6. Fine button: Used in conjunction with the
joystick. When the Fine button is engaged,
adjusting the joystick will be more precise when
needing to hit a specic area with a scanner or
moving head.
7. Mode button: This is a multi-function button
that is used when assigning the joystick & Fade
setting.
8. Joystick: Traditionally used to adjust the X/Y
channels of a moving light.
9. Scene buttons (1-8): Used when storing or
playing back programmed scenes. Also used
when backing up data to a USB Stick or through
a ULink Cable.
10. LED display: The LED display shows you relevant
information depending on current operation.
11. Bank Up/Down button: Used to select a scene
bank or chase step. Also used to view les in
memory stick.
12. Fog-machine button: Used to trigger fog machine which should be connected to rear of
console.
13. Chase buttons (1-12): Used when storing or
playing back relevant chases.
14. Program button: Used to enter and exit Record
mode when programming.
15. Music/Bkc button: Used to engage audio mode
for chase synchronization and to copy a bank of
scenes to another.
16. MIDI/Rec button: Used to record scenes and
chase steps. Also used to setup MIDI operation.
17. Auto/Del button: Used to enter AUTO mode for
automatic scene bank sequence or to delete a
scene or chase.
18. Tap/Disp button: Used to tap sync chase playback and to change display view operation.
19. Black-out button: Used to bring all current output down to zero.
4. REAR PANEL OVERVIEW
1. Label: Lists model, serial number, and production date.
2. Audio input: To connect line level input for audio trigger (0.1V-1Vp-p).
3. DB-9 connector: To connect optional external
chase step controller. NOTE: No longer included
in units manufactured aer Feb. 2018.
4. MIDI IN: To receive MIDI information from a midi
sequencer or compatible device.
5. Fog machine connector: To connect a compati-
ble fog machine.
6. 3 Pin Female XLR: DMX Output. Connect to rst
device in line.
7. DC INPUT: Connects the included power supply
to this input. (DC 9V~15V, 500mA Min).
8. Power Switch: Used to switch the units power
on and o.
9. USB Interface: Outputs the MIDI signal via USB
interface when connected to MIDI controller.
10. LED Lamp: Indicates the working state of USB
interface.
11. Switch: Switches the function of DMX controller
or MIDI controller. The change will work aer
re-startup.
12. MIDI Out Socket: output the MIDI signal when
connected to the MIDI controller.
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5. JOYSTICK SET UP
Assign Joystick
1. Press and hold down the Program button for
approximately 2 seconds or until the PROG
indicator in the LED display ashes. Once the
indicator is ashing, record mode is engaged
and you may release the Program button.
2. Press and hold down the MODE button and
then tap the FINE button.The “Assign” and
“Pan” LED’s should illuminate.
3. "Assign Joystick Reverse" (Pan/Tilt Invert)
Operation Guide Select the xtures that you
wish to assign the "Pan" for by pressing the
FIXTURES# buttons, 1-12, so the selected xture
LED´s illuminate.
4. Press the Tap/Disp button to switch between
“PL.XX” & “PH.XX”. “PL.XX” represents the Low
Byte or Fine channel, generally listed as the Pan
Fine channel and PH.XX represents the High Byte
or Coarse channel, generally listed as the Pan
channel. Set it to “PH.XX” and press and hold
down the MODE button and then tap the SCENE
button that corresponds to the Pan channel of
your xture. For example, if your xtures Pan
channel is 1 then you´d press the SCENE #1
button. Please refer to the xtures DMX chart. If
your xture includes a pan ne channel, press
the Tap/Disp button so the display reads "PL.XX.
Press and hold down the MODE button and then
tap the SCENE button tha corresponds to the
Pan Fine channel of your xture. For example,
if your xtures Pan Fine channel is 2 then you´d
press the SCENE #2 button.
5. Press the BANK UP or DOWN buttons to switch
between “TL.XX” & “TH.XX”. “TL.XX” represents
the Low Byte or Fine channel, generally listed as
the Tilt Fine channel and TH.XX represents the
High Byte or Coarse channel, generally listed as
the Tilt channel. Set it to “TH.XX” and press and
hold down the MODE button and then tap the
SCENE button that corresponds to the Tilt chan-
nel of your xture. For example, if your xtures
Tilt channel is 3 then you´d press the SCENE #3
button. Please refer to the xtures DMX chart. If
your xtures includes a Tilt Fine channel, press
the Tap/Disp button so the display reads "TL.XX".
Press and hold down the MODE button and then
tap the SCENE button that corresponds to the
Tilt Fine channel of your xture. For example, if
your xtures PAn Fine channel is 2 then you´d
press the SCENE #4 button.
6. Press and hold down the Program button and
approximately 2 seconds or until the PROG
indicator in the LED display stops ashing. A
ashing Blackout indicator in the LED display
conrms that the controller is out of Program
mode.
Assign Joystick Reverse
(pan/tilt invert)
1. Press and hold down the Program button for
approximately 2 seconds or until the PROG
indicator in the LED display ashes. Once the
indicator is ashing, record mode is engaged
and you may release the Program button.
2. Press and hold down the MODE button and
then tap the FINE button. The “Assign” and
“Pan” LED’s should illuminate.
3. Once again, press and hold down the MODE
button and then tap the FINE button. The “Reverse” LED should illuminate.
4. Select the xtures that you wish to assign the
"Pan Reverse" & "Tilt Reverse" for by pressing
the FIXTURES # buttons, 1-12, so the selected
xtures LED´s illuminate. Ideally, you should
assign opposite xtures for Pan/Tilt Reverse.
For example, xtures 1, 3, 5, 7, etc... should be
assigned normal as described in the previous
section and xtures 2, 4, 6, etc... should be
assigned reversed so that when moving the joy-
stick around, xtures movements are reversed
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from one another. This feature is traditionally
referred to as Pan/Tilt invert.
5. Press the Tap/Disp button to switch between
“PL.XX” & “PH.XX”. “PL.XX” represents the Low
Byte or Fine channel, generally listed as the Pan
Fine channel and PH.XX represents the High Byte
or Coarse channel, generally listed as the Pan
channel. Set it to “PH.XX” and press and hold
down the MODE button and then tap the SCENE
button that corresponds to the Pan channel of
your xture. For example, if your xtures Pan
channel is 1 then you´d press SCENE #1 button.
Please refer to the xtures DMX chart. If your xture includes a pan ne channel, press tha Tap/
Disp button so the display reads "PL.XX". Press
and hold down the MODE button and the tap
the SCENE button that corresponds to the Pan
Fine channel of your xture. For example, if your
xtures PAn Fine channel is 2 then you´d press
the SCENE #2 button.
6. Press the BANK UP or DOWN buttons to switch
between “TL.XX” & “TH.XX”. “TL.XX” represents
the Low Byte or Fine channel, generally listed as
the Tilt Fine channel and TH.XX represents the
High Byte or Coarse channel, generally listed as
the Tilt channel. Set it to “TH.XX” and press and
hold down the MODE button and then tap the
SCENE button that corresponds to the Tilt chan-
nel of your xture. For example, if your xtures
Tilt channel is 3 then you´d press the SCENE #3
button. Please refer to the xtures DMX chart. If
your xture includes a Tilt Fine channel, press
the Tap/Disp button so the display reads "TL.
XX". Press and hold down the MODE button and
then tap the SCENE button that corresponds to
the Tilt Fine channel of your xture. For example,
if your xtures Pan Fine channel is 2 then you´d
press the SCENE #4 button.
7. Press and hold down the Program button for
approximately 2 seconds or until the PROG
indicator in the LED display stops ashing. A
ashing Blackout indicator in the LED-display
conrms that the controller is out of Program
mode.
Delete Joystick Pan/Tilt Assignment
1. Press and hold down the Program button for
approximately 2 seconds or until the PROG
indicator in the LED display ashes. Once the
indicator is ashing, record mode is engaged and
you may release the Program button.
2. Press and hold down the MODE button and
then tap the FINE button. The “Assign” and
“Pan” LED’s should illuminate.
3. Select the xtures that you wish to delete the
joystick Pan/Tilt settings for by pressing the relevant FIXTURES # buttons, 1-12, so the relevant
LEDps illuminate.
4. Press and hold down the MODE button, and the
tap the Auto/DEL button to delete the settings
fot the selected xtures. All LED´s will ash three
times to conrm that the settings were erased.
5. Press and hold down the Program button for
aproximately 2 seconds or until the PROG indicator in the LED display stops ashing. A ashing
Blackout indicator in the LED display conrms
that the controller is out of Program mode.
Delete Pan/Tilt Joystick Settings
For All Fixtures
1. Flip the Operator power switch to OFF. The
switch is located at the rear of the unit.
2. Simultaneously, press and hold down the Auto/
Del and MODE buttons and ip the power
switch ON. All LED´s will ash three times to con-
rm that the Pa/Tilt settings were erased.
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6. MANUAL CONTROL
7. RECORDING SCENES
When powered ON, this console defaults to Manual/Blackout mode. All output will be in a blackout
state until the Blackout button is deselected. To
determine blackout status there is an indicator light
in the display that ashes when engaged and OFF
when disengaged. To gain manual control, disen-
gage blackout, select the xtures that you wish to
control by selecting the relevant xture buttons on
the le then use the eight channel faders, joystick
and the channel bank button to manually control
the xtures.
Note: In most cases, for the joystick to work, you
must rst assign it. Please see the Assign Joystick
section of this manual.
1. Select the xtures that you wish to include into
your scene by pressing the FIXTURES # buttons,
1-12, so the selected xture LED´s illuminate.
2. Press and hold down the Program button for
approximately 2 seconds or until the PROG
indicator in the LED display ashes. Once the
indicator is ashing, record mode is engaged
and you may release the Program button.
3. Set your scene using the eight Channel faders,
joystick or Channel Bank button if needed. The
Channel Bank button should be used to switch
between channel banks 1-8, 9-16, 17-24 and
25-32.
4. Once you are satised with the look of your
scene, press the MIDI/RED button to Record it.
5. Using the BANK UP & DOWN buttons, select a
scene bank to store to. There are 30 available
Scene Banks and you can view them in the
LED-display by referring to the furthest two
digits to the right.
6. Press a Scene button, 1-8, to store to. Once
pressed, all LED´s will ash indicating that your
scene was stored. There are 8 Scene buttons
to store to for each bank. Make sure you select
a dierent scene button each time you store a
scene so you don’t record over something that
you wanted to keep.
7. To Record additional scenes, repeat steps 2
through 6.
8. Once you’ve stored all of your scenes, press and
hold down the Program button or approximately 2 seconds to exit. A ashing Blackout indica-
tor in the LED display, is indicative that you are
out of program mode.
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8. EDITING SCENES
9. COPY A SCENE
1. Press and hold down the Program button for
approximately 2 seconds or until the PROG
indicator in the LED display ashes. Once the
indicator is ashing, record mode is engaged
and you may release the Program button.
2. Using the UP/Down BANK button, select the
bank that contains the scene that you want
to edit. You can view the active bank in the
LED-display.
3. Press the Scene button, 1-8 , that you want to
edit so the scene comes on.
4. Select the xture or xtures that you wish to
1. Press and hold down the Program button for
approximately 2 seconds or until the PROG
indicator in the LED display ashes. Once the
indicator is ashing, record mode is engaged
and you may release the Program button.
2. Select the bank that contains the scene you
want to copy with the Bank UP/DOWN buttons.
3. Select the Scene # button, 1-8, that you want to
copy.
4. Use the UP/DOWN BANK buttons to change the
scene bank if desired.
5. Press the Midi/Rec button followed by the
Scene # button, 1-8, that you want to copy the
scene to. All LED´s should ash three times to
conrm and save settings.
6. Press and hold down the Program button for
approximately 2 seconds or until the PROG
indicator in the LED display stops ashing. A
ashing Blackout indicator, in the LED display,
is indicative that you are out of the program
mode.
change settings for in the current scene by
pressing the relevant Fixture #, 1-12. The selected xture LED´s should illuminate.
5. Make your changes using the faders or joystick.
6. Press the MIDI/RED button and the press the
scene # button that you are editing. All LED´s
will ash three times to conrm that your new
settings were saved.
7. Press and hold down the Program button for
approximately 2 seconds to exit. A ashing
Blackout indicator, in the LED display, is indicative that you are out of program mode.
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10. DELETE A SCENE
11. DELETE ALL SCENES
12. SCENE PLAYBACK
1. Press and hold down the Program button for
approximately 2 seconds or until the PROG indicator in the LED display stops ashing. Once the
indicator is ashing, record mode is engaged
and you may release the Program button.
2. Select the bank that contains the scene you want
to delete with the Bank UP/DOWN buttons.
3. Simultaneously, press the Auto/Del button then
press the Scene # button, 1-8, that you want
to delete. All LED´s should ash three times to
conrm that the scene was deleted.
4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 to delete additional scenes.
1. Flip the Operators power switch OFF which is
located at the rear of the unit.
2. Simultaneously, press and hold down the Pro-
gram and Bnk Down buttons and ip the power
switch ON. All LED´s will ash three times to
conrm that all scenes were deleted.
Manual Trigger
1. When powered ON, this console defaults to
Manual/Blackout mode. All output will be in
a blackout state until the Blackout button is
deselected. To determine blackout status, there
is an indicator light in the display that ashes
when engaged and OFF when disengaged.
5. Press and hold down the Program button for
approximately 2 seconds or until the PROG
indicator in the LED display stops ashing. A
ashing Blackout indicator, in the LED display, is
indicative that you are out of program mode.
Press the Blackout button so the indicator
stops ashing.
2. Press the Bank UP/DOWN buttons to select the
scene bank that contains the scene that you
want to playback.
3. Press the Scene # button, 1-8, that you want to
playback. The selec ted scene will engage. Press
the same scene # button again to disable the
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