YONGNUO PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT YN622N TX User Manual

-TX

Wi rel ess Fla sh Co ntrol ler

User Manual

用户手册

Conten ts

General De scr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Conventi ons u sed i n the m anu al. . . . . . . . . . . 2

Supporte d Fun cti ons L ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Name of Part s/L CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Name of Part s/Q uic k Sta rt Gu ide . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Preparat ion B efo re Us e . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 0

Flash awak ing a nd tr igg eri ng . . . . . . . . . . . 11

The other Tri gge r Mod es . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Shutter Re lea se Fu nct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3

Referenc e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1 5

Tro ubl esh oot ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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.

Compa tible camera list :

Nikon

D7 0/D 70S/D 80/ D9 0/D 200/D 300 /D 300 S/D60 0/D 700/D 800/
D3 000 serie s/D 50 00s eries /D7 00 0se ries

Inclu de item s:

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 ort pre 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

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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).

interface

2.PC & Basic flash Trigger(Support non Nik on bo dy)

inter fac e trigg er:

PC (inpu t) Use LS-P C/P C cable ( opt io n)t o

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
etc.

a ssist beam emitter

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 (

).

will displ ay 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.

FCC ID: 2ACYPYN622N-TX

that may cause undesired operation.

SHENZHEN YONGNUO PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT CO., LTD
Model name: i-TTL Wireless Flash Controller
Model No.: YN622N-TX

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference,
and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for

compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment。

Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,
may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this
equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to
try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
—Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
—Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
—Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.

—Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.