RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless Owners Manual
Table of Contents RadioPopper is owned and manufactured by Leap Devices, LLC in Phoenix Arizona. This product was designed, produced, and manufactured in the USA. FCC STATEMENT 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.
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Introduction Introduction How It Works Thank you for your purchase of the RadioPopper PX wireless radio system. We hope you’ll find this system to be a valuable tool in your creative lighting, giving you flexibility and control never before possible. The RadioPopper PX system is beautifully simple.
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Specifications and Warnings Compatible Hardware: WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!!! The PX System has been tested and found to be compatible with the following flash hardware. See our website for updates as we test and certify compatibility with additional hardware.
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Parts Description Transmitter Parts 1) User Interface - Buttons and Lights 2) Digital Display 3) Battery Compartment Door 4) Antenna 5) Magnetic / Inductive / Magic Signal Pickup Sensor Receiver Parts 1) User Interface - Buttons and Lights 2) Digital Display 3) Battery Compartment Door 4) Antenna 6) Light Source - IR Signal Emission Window Also Included in Kit or as Accessories (Not Pictured) 1) Your first set of AAA Batteries 2) Industrial strength genuine Velcro faste
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Installation Installation: RadioPopper PX Transmitter Installation: RadioPopper PX Receiver 1) Remove the battery compartment door on the top side of the unit. 1) Remove battery compartment cover and insert batteries, observing for a brief blinking of the Green Power LED, just as you did with the PX Transmitter. Replace the battery compartment cover. 2) Remove the cover and insert two (2) AAA size batteries into the battery holder.
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Installation Master Flash Light Output Transmitter Mounting on Master Flash Top View (looking down from top) Transmmitter should be just about centered on top of the master flash. The pickup sensor should point forward toward the end of the flash that emitts light. The rear edge of the Transmitter should just begin to cover the text printed on the top of your flash.
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Slave Flash Optic Placement Canon SpeedLite 550EX Slave Flash Optic Placement Canon SpeedLite 580EX II Slave Flash Optic Placement Fig 2-2 Fig 2-4 Canon SpeedLite 580EX II Slave Flash Optic Placement Center nylon optic bead here Center nylon optic bead here Focus assist lamp (has nothing to do with the visible or radio wireless systems) Canon SpeedLite 550EX Slave Flash Optic Placement NOTE!! This is NOT centered on the black sensor area, it is placed in the low
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Operating Instructions Operation: RadioPopper PX Transmitter - QUICK REFERENCE Operation: Detailed PX Transmitter Operating Instructions Power On / Off - Press and hold the Power Button for one second. Green LED on indicates “power on”, Green LED off indicates “power off”. Power On / Off - Press and hold the Power Button for one second. Green LED on indicates “power on”, Green LED off indicates “power off”.
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Operation: Detailed PX Receiver Operating Instructions Power On / Off - Press and hold the Power Button for one second. Green LED on indicates “power on”, Green LED off indicates “power off”. Operating Instructions De-Link Sleep The PX Transmitter and PX Receiver only transmit a radio signal when a shot is being taken. There is no longer any need to reference a “De-Link” or “Sleep” state as you may have been used to with the P1 Transmitter and P1 Receiver units.
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Adjusting the Sync Interval The PX Transmitter and PX Receiver no longer require the adjustment of a Sync Interval. Page 20 Sync Interval Adjustment Adjusting the Sync Interval - Instructions The PX Transmitter and PX Receiver no longer require the adjustment of a Sync Interval.
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Maximizing Radio Performance About This Section Normal Conditions Under normal conditions where your slave flashes are placed within 50 feet or so of the master, you should generally observe reliable and worry free operation regardless of placement or orientation. In these “normal” situations it is not necessary to pay much attention to the direction the antennas are pointing, environment, or obstacles.
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Trouble Shooting Identifying Radio Interference When a clean link is established between a PX Transmitter and a PX Receiver, the PX Receiver will turn on the orange Link LED. Any time this signal is lost, interrupted, or other unexpected signals cause a conflict with the signal the receiver is expecting to see - the Link LED will go out.
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System As the RadioPopper PX system simply repeats the signal with a high degree of accuracy, these mis-fires attributable solely to the flash system itself will still happen and are not an indication of malfunction of your PX system. 3. Your camera’s metering system must be able to observe the amount of light being emitted by the wireless Slave during the Pre-Flash. If it doesn’t see this light, it will not command the flash to emit a Main Flash.
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Trouble Shooting This indicates a good radio connection exists and the units are clearly communicating with speed and accuracy that should allow normal operation. Trouble Shooting other Miscellaneous Issues NOTE: Near the edge of the effective radio range for your particular environment, it is possible the Link LED may remain lit and test broadcasts produce the expected feedback while still your slave flash fails to activate.
RadioPopper PX Radio Wireless System Limited Warranty LIMITED WARRANTY The Limited Warranty set forth below is given by Leap Devices LLC (hereafter “Leap”) in the United States with respect to the RadioPopper PX Transmitter and / or RadioPopper PX Receiver packaged with this Limited Warranty and identified by model number within this Limited Warranty (each a “Product”) when purchased and used in the United States or in Canada.
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