Specific ati ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cautio ns
Pl eas e tu rn of f power s uppli es of all e quipm ent whe n
connecti ng or i nst all ing t he pr odu ct.
Please keep i t dry. Be sur e not to us e wet hand to touc h the
product. It is als o no t al low ed t o im mer se t he prod uct into waster
or ma ke it be expo sed i n the ra in; othe rwi se it may not w ork
normally o r eve n be da mag ed.
Do not use it in exp los ive situ ati ons ; vio lat ion of t his warning
may cause an e xpl osi on or f ire .
This produ ct invo lve s bat ter y, ple ase be in strict accord anc e
with th e relevant p rov isi ons on th e use of th e ba tte ry, ot her wis e it
would caus e pro per ty da mag e or pe rso nal i nju ry.
Genera l Description
Thank y ou fo r pur chase t he pr odu cts of Yongn uo fi rst ly.
YN -62 2N-TX i-TT L wi rel ess fla sh contro lle r is for suppor tin g
th e use o f YN-62 2N i-TT L wi rel ess fla sh tr igger t ran sceiv er.
Th is pro duct ado pts fl exibl e LCD men u contro l, sup porti ng
mi xed use of th e A/B /C th ree groups of flashe s usi ng i-TT L,
ma nua , or super syn c fl ash mo de, can be a djust ed t he e xposu re
co mpe nsati on or fla sh o utput o f ea ch grou p. In ad dit ion, it
su ppo rts set ting di ffe rent fo cal len gth(z oom )of the thr ee grou ps
of flas h, th e r emote -cont rol led d ist ance ca n r each 100M,
su ppo rting s eve n wi rel ess cha nne ls a nd A/ B/C thr ee grou ps, a nd
eq uip ped wi th th e AF-a ssi st beam e mitte r. Supp ort USB
fi rmw are u pgrad e.
1×YN-622N- TX Co ntr oll er
1×Usermanu al
1×LS-2.5/N 1 shu tte r con nec tin g cab le
1×LS-2.5/N 3 shu tte r con nec tin g cab le
Conven tions used in the manual
Th is man ual to ass um e that using th e co mp at ible
camer a/f lash, an d us ing th e YN -622N tr ans ceive r wi th same channel . Funct ion s su ppo rted by the pro duc t depe nd
on th e c amera an d f lash use d. Conce rni ng th e o per ation of
YN-62 2N transcei ver, came ra and flas h , pl eas e read the
user ma nua l respe cti vel y.
The la test v ersio n of th e comp ati bilit y list an d user
manua l, fi rmwar e, pl eas e visit w ww.h kyongnuo .co m.
Up gra de to th e l ate st fi rmw ar e v er sio n b ef ore
using (P1 5).
YN-622N-TX
YN-622N
The below ic on us ed in t his m anu al:
Refer s to sh ortpre ss th e butto n.
Refer s to lo ng pres s(h old dow n) th e butto n.
Suppor ted Functions List
LCD screen display, mult i-b utt ons q uic k ope rat ion
The firmware can be upgraded th rou gh th e USB i nte rfa ce
Support wireless shutt er re lea se fu nct ion
The focal length(zoom)of the A/B/C three groups of flas h
can be adjusted separate ly
Eq uip ped w ith t he AF f ocu s assis t lig ht (c an be d isa ble d)
Group ing f las h mod e: i-TTL/ Man ual f las h/S uper sy nc
Su ppo rti ng mix ed use of the A/B/ C t hre e g rou ps of fla she s w ith i-
, Ma nua l fla sh, o r Sup er sync
TTL fl ash m ode
Th e ex pos ure co mpe nsa tio n or fl ash out put of A/B /C three g rou ps
of f las hes c an be a dju sted se parate ly
Sh utt er Sync : f irs t c urt ain sync , s eco nd cur tai n s ync an d FP high -
sp eed s ync , the h igh est syn c spe ed is 1 /80 00s
Su ppo rt ex pos ure c omp ensat ion , fla sh va lue l ock f unc tio n(FVL )
Su ppo rt si mul ate ( model ing ) fla sh, r ed- eye r edu ction f las h
Su ppo rt th e fla sh zo omi ng (aut o)
Su per Syn c (SS ) tim e delay adjust men t, for hi ghe r x-s ync spe ed
th an th e cam era a llo ws
Se tti ngs s ave d aut oma tic ally
Th e fla sh sy nc si gna l can be input t hro ugh t he PC p ort
Su ppo rt th e bas ic fl ash tri gge r (ma x syn c spe ed is 1/2 50s ) of
st and ard h ot sh oe (n on Ni kon b ody)
*The abo ve fun cti ons need to be used wi th the YN-62 2N
transceiver.
of t he c am er a an d f las h. (FVL,Mo del in g Fl ash, Re d- ey e Red uct ion F las h etc . ).
Parts of fun cti ons may refe r to th e m anu fac tur er
Name of Pa rts/LCD
※The protec tiv e fil m can b e tor n out .
LCD
High speed s ync
Rear curta in Sy nc
ZOOM
Flash para met er
area
i-TTL ba lan ced
fill-flash
Battery el ect ric ity
Channel
AF as sis t bea m
emitte r
Name of Pa rts/Quick Start Guide
A-LCD: D isp lay all the sett ing s o f controller, c onv eni ent for you r
view and setup.
B-2.5MM Sh utt er r ele ase int erf ace : Wi rel ess shu tte r rel ease
function(P.13) .
C-AF assist beam emitte r: (P.10 )
D-PC interface: Input t he fl ash s ync s ign al( P.12).
E-USB i nte rfa ce: F irm ware up gra de th rou gh c onn ect ing t he
computer(P.15) .
F-Mode button: E ach tim e yo u pr ess the swi tch in the fla sh
mode(P.8) .
G-Group button: The a rro w sho wn th e swi tch s etting group(P.8) .
H-TEST butt on: Lo ng pre ss for flas h awak en, loosen for fl ash
testing(P.11) .
I-Select/Set bu tto n g rou p: M ult ifu nct ion butt on group, inc lud ing
the [UP ] [D OWN ] [LEFT] [RI GHT ] an d [OK] bu tto ns, whi ch ca n se t
the channel, ZOOM, flas h out put a nd ot her p ara met ers .
J- AF/ SS b utt on : S ho rt pr es s f or AF
switch(P.10 ), lo ng pr ess f or [S upe r Sync] parameter setting (P.9) .
K-ZOOM/CH button: Each shor t pre ss fo r A/B/ C thr ee gr oup s
switch(P.10 ), lo ng pr ess f or ch ann el setting(P.7) .
L-Power switch: Slide to ON fo r pow er on .
M- Sta tus i ndi ca tor : The gr een l igh t wi ll br igh t when in
communication, w hil e the r ed li ght w ill b rig ht wh en in t rig ger ing ( or
shutter releasing).
N-Locking ring and locking pin: (P.6)
O-Hot shoe Mounting foot and contact s: (P.6)
P-Battery compartme nt an d bat ter y cov er: ( P.6)
as sis t be am em it ter
Prepar ation Before Use
1. Inst all ing the Batt eri es
Open the co ver and instal l two AA
ba tte ri es ( exclu ded)a cc ord in g to the
marks , re cha rge able batt eries of 1.2V
can be us ed.
Remov e the batt eri es wh en th e produc t is
not u sed for long tim e. Pl eas e rep lac e the
both tw o bat teries at th e sam e time.
2.Install ing the Con tr oller on th e Camera
1). Uns cre w the loc kin g rin g of the co ntr oller.
2). Sli p the m ounti ng fo ot in to the ho t sho e of the camer a.
3). Tur n t he locki ng rin g a ccord ing to t he dir ection o f a rro w,
the loc kin g pin wil l pro tru de from t he mo unting foo t.
3. Power ON.
Power on w hen t he power swi tch s lid es to [ ON].
Prepar ation Before Use
4.Chann el Sett ing:
Long pres s th e [Z OOM /CH ] bu tton, the n press the [UP] or
[RIGH T] f or i ncr easin g, p res s th e [D OWN] or [LEFT ] fo r
decre asi ng, p res s [OK ] for conf irm. Set the sa me ch ann el
as the YN-62 2N tr ansceive r.
5.:
Transcei ver and F lash Sett ings
1).
Set the tra nscei ver ’s receiv ing gro up, and set the sam e
chann el as t he YN -622N-TX c ont rolle r.
Set the fla sh t o i- TTL fl ash mo de* , the flas h wi ll f ire
2).
accor din g to the fl ash mod e and par ame ters set by th e
co ntr oller , sup por t i -TTL/man ual fla sh. (
flash m ode o r other trig ger ing mod e, re fer to P.12).
*For no n-i -TLL
Settin g
1. Groups a nd Mode s Setting (Remote C ontro l)
Shoot ing w ith a Differ ent F lash Mo de fo r Each Group
1). P re ss t h e [GR O UP ] b ut to n to
choose th e se tup gro up, pr ess wit h
the arrow to s ele ct A/B /C gr oup .
2).Press the [M ODE ] b utton to set the
flash mode of s ele cted gr oup, e ach
press for th e set tin gs as b elo w:
TTL: i-T TL Fla sh, th e FEC ad jus tment ra nge is wi thin -3+3EV, press [ LEF T] or [RI GHT] bu tto n to i ncr ease an d
reduc e 1EV, p res s [UP] or [RI GHT] bu tto n to increa se and
reduc e 0.3E V.
di rec tl y, the co mpe ns ati on value shal l be sup erpos ed
accor din g to flas h set tin g plus th e con troller se tti ng.
M: Man ual Fl ash , The a dju stmen t range is wi thi n 1/12 8-1 /1,
press [LEFT] or [R IGH T] but ton to adj ust, p res s t he [U P] or
[RIGH T] bu tton for fin e adj ustme nt.
SS: (Su per S ync, refer t o Pag e 9)
(None ):T he group is no t par ticip ate i n flash.
When sett ing the flash mod e an d pa ram eters on the
contr oll er, t he scr een of t he f lash on th e tr ans ceive r wi ll
not cha nge .
It is sup porte d to se t the FEC on th e flas h
Settin g
2.
Abo ut the Supe r Sync( SS)
Us e th e no n- hi gh s pe ed s yn c
flash to realize hi ghe r sync spee d,
this func tio n is more app lic abl e to
strobe fl ash es who se flash d ura tio n
is l ong er, and it i s fo r the c ame ra
w h ich s up po rt A ut o F P o n l y.
S upp or t
paramete r of Su per S ync .
1.Set the ti me de lay p ara met er of c ont rol ler S S:
Long pr ess the [AF /SS ] bu tto n to pro cee d se tti ng, pre ss the
[UP][DOW N][ LEF T][ RIG HT] button to adj ust, p ress [OK ] t o
confirm an d exi t setup , sup por ts Automatic Set up (A U) or Man ual
Setup 0.1- 3.0 .
2.
1).Set t he flas h in man ual m ode , Sup por t tra nsc eiv er using hot
2).Set the f las h sy nc sp eed of th e camera as AUTO FP, the
3).Take pho tos and ch eck whe the r the p hot os a re synchr ono us ,
s etu p t he t i me d e la y
Using Supe r Syn c:
shoe f las h o r c onn ect ing to the PC port . and it may needs
setting at m anu al fu ll- pow er fl ash o utp ut (1 /1) .
ma xi mu m sh ut te r sy nc s pe eds c an re ac h to 1 /8 00 0s .
Accordin g to the fla sh m odel, output pow er a nd s hut ter speed
to adjust co ntr oll er “S S” to a s uit abl e tim e del ay pa rameters.
it may se e gr ada tio ns or v ari ations in the ph oto s, r esults
depend on th e cam era a nd fl ash .
Settin g
3.ZOOM
It s uppor t th e co ntr oll er s ettin g th e th e focal len gth of
the fla sh la mp holder on t he tr ansce ive r.
Each sho rt press th e [ZO OM/ CH]
butto n, c hoo se o ne of t he A/ B/C
gr oup , pres s th e [U P] [ DOWN]
[LEFT ] [RIGHT] butt ons to setu p,
suppo rts the ran ge o f setup: 2420 0,AU (auto ma ti c) , p re ss th e
[OK] bu tto n to confirm .
AF As sist Beam E mitte r
4.
When u sin g AF under low -light, the bu ilt -in AF- assist
bea m e mi tt e r o f th e co n tor ll er w i ll b e e mi tte d
autom ati cally to mak e it ea sier to a uto focus.
Short press t he [ AF/SS] butto n to ena ble/d isa ble the A F
Assis t Bea m Emi tter funct ion , the LCD will disp lay ed th e
icon.
※ I t nee d to usin g sin gle AF of th e cam era.
Flash aw aking and triggering
1.Flash a wakin g&Test ing flash
When ha lf pres s the shu tte r butto n of the came ra or pre ss
the [TEST ] bu tto n of the con troll er , the awaki ng indica tor
light of g ree n li ght will bright, the hot-shoe flash o n th e
trans cei ver will be awak ene d.
butto n, t he g rou ps h ave bee n se lected of f lash will b e te sted
for onc e.
2.Flash t rigge ring
Compl ete ly pres s the s hut ter b utton o f the cam era w ill
trigg er t he fla sh synchr ono usly, the t rig gerin g in dicat or l ight
of red li ght w ill bri ght .
Example s:
When loosing the [TEST]
The othe r Trigger Modes
1.Non -Re mot e Control Mo de:
Set the com pat ible flas h on the tra nsc eiver to Manual or RPT
flash mo de, th e f las h will wo rk acc ord ing to th e m ode an d
paramete rs dis pla yed , t he con tro lle r w ill not sup por t t he rem ote
controll ing t he f las h mod e or f lash ex pos ure com pen sat ion ( flash
output).
2.PC interface & Basi c fla sh Tr igg er( Sup por t non N iko n bod y)
PC inte rfa ce (i nput) trig ger : Use L S- PC/ PC cabl e (op tion) to
co nne ct the co ntr oller a nd th e PC inte rfa ce of cam era .
Bas ic flas h (Si ngl e Conta ct) t rig ger: In sta ll the co ntrol ler
on t he ca mera hot sho e.
1).Tr ans mit ting group setup: Gro up se tup acc ord ing to th e
co ntr oller.
2).Fl ash mode setu p: Set t he man ual f las h(M) mod e thr oug h
th e fla sh cont rol p anel, c han ge t he fl ash out put m anual ly, us e
th e c ontro lle r PC int erfac e o r m ain f las h con tact tri gger, not
su ppo rt high spe ed sy nc or other TTL fu nct ion (th e highe st
sy nch ronou s spe ed is 1/2 50s o r lo wer ).
Shutte r Release Function
Use the Y N-6 22N transc eiv er fo r wi rel ess t ransmitting , the
YN-622N- TX co ntr oll er as t he sh utt er si gna l out put .
1).In sta ll t he YN-6 22N -TX con tro ller on the camera’s hot shoe,
an d us e LS -2 .5 s eries s hu tt er c onnec ti ng c ab le(ma y
addit ion al pu rch ases) to con nec t the c ont rol ler and came ra.
2).Lo ng pr ess t he [TEST] bu tto n of YN -62 2N tr ansceive r to
focus , loosen the [TE ST] but ton to shot . If t he f las h in sta lle d
o n t he Y N - 6 2 2N t ra ns ce iv er , t h e f la sh w il l f i r e
synch ron ous ly.
Sup por t sin gle s hot only.
If th e con tro ller does no t ins tal led on the com pat ibl e
camer a’s hot shoe , t he shu tte r will r ele ase when pres sin g
the [TE ST] b utt on of t ran sceiver.
The compatible shut ter r ele ase c abl e lis t:
LS-2.5/N1:
LS-2.5/N3:
LS-2.5/N2(O ptional):
D200/D300/D300S/D700/ D80 0
D90/D600/D3100/D3200/ D50 00S eri es/ D70 00S eri es
D70/D70S/D80
Refere nce
1.Fla sh Sh utter Sync :
Refer to th e ca mera’s se tti ng. Su ppo rts fr ont -curt ain
sync, re ar- curtain syn c and hig h speed syn chr onous(Au to
FP*). The r eleva nt ic ons w ill be di spl ayed on the LC D(P.4 ).
Using hi gh- speed synch ron izati on nee d to set the
flash sy nc sp eed of th e c ame ra to “A UTO FP”. Th e
maxim um syn c s peed is 1 /8000s o r 1/4000 s (depen ds
on the ca mer a).
Some mo del s of c ame ra does n ot su pport t he HS S
(with out Auto F P opt ion ), the sh utt er speed wil l be
limit ed to 1 /250s or les s whe n using t his k ind of camer a.
2.Abo ut th e LCD backli ght :
Press a ny bu tton, the LC D bac kligh t wil l light for 5 se con ds.
3.Abo ut th e battery el ect ricit y dis play :
The ba ttery ic on in the up per ri ght co rner of the LCD will
displ ay th e curre nt el ectri cit y. W hen i n low bat tery, the
batte ry ic on will b lin k, pl ease re pla ce the batte ry.
4. Ab out t he Au tom atic Save Fu nct ion:
Then co ntr oll er will auto mat ically s ave t he se tti ngs o f
chann el, gr oupin g, fla sh mod e, AF assist beam emitter
etc.
Refere nce
5.Fac tor y Reset
Hold dow n the [MO DE] an d [AF/SS ]
butto ns at the s ame t ime unt il the
sc ree n as sho wn, the n lo osen to
resto re fa ctory sett ing s.
6.USB F irm ware Upgra de
1).Vis it YO NGN UO of fic ial w ebs ite :
http://w ww.h kyo ngn uo. com /e- detail.php?ID= 339
to downloa d the f irm war e upg rad e sof twa re an d the l ate st
firmware .
2).Tur n of f . K eep pre ssi ng [ mod e] button and tur n on aga in. The
screen wil l sho w
current ve rsi on ).
3).Conne ct t he c ont rol ler to PC v ia U SB- MIN IB c abl e
include)
4).Compl ete t he fi rmw are u pgr ade o per ation accordi ng to t he
.
prompt of so ftw are .
firmware upgrad e int erf ace (wi ll disp lay the
(not
Trouble shooting
1. Fai l to po wer on or auto mat ic shut dow n:
The bat ter y is load ed in ver sely or e xha usted.
ØInsta ll the batter y ac cor ding to the cor rect dire ction the
batte ry compar tme nt ind ica tes an d ensure t he bat ter y is fu ll
and res tar t the pow er .
2. The flash do esn 't fire
ØEnsur e t he power of all equ ipmen ts are full , the fl ash is
in read y sta te(the flash-re ady ind icator on)
ØTh e c o nn ec tio n a mo ng the co nt ro l le r(t ra ns c ei ve r),
camer a and t he flas h is re lia ble;
ØWheth er th e contr oll er and trans cei vers ar e set i n the
same ch ann els and c ont rol lable g rou ps.
3. i-TTL underex pos ure or overe xpo sure:
Ch eck wh ether the ca mera b od y or th e f las h s et
compe nsa tion se tti ng. It may be u nderexpo se if exc eeds th e
flash ing effect distan ce . I t ma y overe xpo sure when T TL an d
manua l flas h are use d at the same time, now th e manu al
flash s uit s to be use d as a ba ckl ight.
vIt i s sugge ste d using t he f oll owing p roc edure s to
deal wi th wh en other tro ubl e occur d uri ng th e using :
1).R est art all t he eq uip ments .
2).R epl ace the b att eri es of the c ont roller and t ran sceiv ers .
3).R ese t the fac tor y set o f the con tro ller and tra nsc eiver s.
4).Re set t he factory s et of t he came ra/ flash.
Specif ications
Syste m typ e: Digi tal F SK 2. 4GHz wi rel ess contro lle r
Dista nce : 100M
Chann el: 7
Flash m ode : i-TTL, Man ual f lash, S upe r Sync
Sync mode: f ront- cur tain s ync, r ear-curt ain sy nc, Hi -sp eed
sync( Aut o FP)
Group s: 3G roups (A/B /C)
MAX Syn c spe ed: 1/8000 s
Trigge r Int erface: Ho t-shoe,P C
Shutt er re lease inte rfa ce: 2.5 MM sh utter rele ase i nterf ace
USB Fir mwa re Upgrade : sup port
AF As sis t Beam Em itt er: suppor t
Batte ry: AA X2(su ppo rt 1. 2 V recha rge able batte ry) 3V
Stand -by t ime: 120h
Dimen sio ns: 89.5×5 3×3 9mm
Wei ght:8 2g
The f unc tions of t his u ser m anual are based o n t est
conditio ns of o ur company. Further n oti ce wi ll not be g ive n if
the design a nd sp eci fic ati ons c han ge.
The YON GNU O log o in thi s man ual in clu des the registered
trademar k o r t rad ema rk of Sh enz hen Yong nuo Phot ogr aph y
Equipmen t Co.,L td in China or/and other countries(reg ion s).
All other tra dem ark s ar e th e pr operty of the ir r esp ect ive
owners.