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    American DJ ® DMX Intelligent Scanner American DJ 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www .americandj.com User Instructions X-CA LIB UR Introduction: Thank you for purchasing the American DJ X-CALI- BUR. ™ T o optimize the performance of this product, please read these operating instructions carefully to familiarize yourself with the basic[...]

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    © American DJ Supply ® www .americandj.com X-Calibur™ Instruction Manual Page 4 © American DJ Supply ® www .americandj.com X-Calibur™ Instruction Manual Page 3 • This unit may blow a fuse if the maximum allotted load of 7 amps (220v = 5 amps) is reached. If the fuse needs replacement, always replace the fuse with same exact type that was [...]

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    Power Supply: Before plugging your unit in be sure the source volt- age in your area matches the required voltage for your American DJ ® X-CALIBUR.™ The American DJ ® X-Calibur ™ is available in a 1 15v and 230v version. Because line voltage may vary from venue to venue, you should be sure to plug your power supply into a matching wall outlet[...]

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    © American DJ Supply ® - www .americandj.com - X-Calibur™ Instruction Manual Page 7 © American DJ Supply ® - www .americandj.com - X-Calibur™ Instruction Manual Page 8 P S CS DJ S Ma e sure t e lamp is located in t e center o t e re lector t en adjust t e lamp to t e best spot nplug main power and wait or at least minutes be ore opening t e[...]

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    X-Calibur 1 POWER FUSE OUTPUT INPUT X-Calibur 2 POWER FUSE OUTPUT INPUT X-Calibur 3 POWER FUSE OUTPUT INPUT DMX512 DMX+,DMX-,COMMON POWER FUSE OUTPUT INPUT POWER CORD POWER CORD POWER CORD 6. Power Cord - This cord is used feed main power to the fi xture. Be sure the main power matches that of the required power of your fi xture. 7. Fuse Holder -[...]

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    © American DJ Supply ® - www .americandj.com - X-Calibur™ Instruction Manual Page 1 1 This chart details the gobo pattern as well as the gobo wheel placement. © American DJ Supply ® - www .americandj.com - X-Calibur™ Instruction Manual Page 12 X-Calibur™ Fuse & Lamp Replacement Caut ion: Alwa ys replace wit h the exact same type lam p[...]

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    CHANNEL 12 3 4 COLOR GOBO DMX512 LEVEL RANGE 0 - 255 99 95 89 85 79 75 69 65 59 55 49 45 39 35 29 25 19 15 9 5 0 255 200 ~ X 7 PA N TIL T PINK GREEN ORANGE YELLOW LIME GRN BLUE RED/ORNG WHITE BLACKOUT RED UV The X-Calibur ™ is a four channel scanner . This chart details the DMX traits of the X-CALIBUR. ™ Use your controller ’s fader levels to[...]

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    American DJ World Headquarters: 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA T el: 323-582-2650 Fax: 323-582-2610 Web: www .americandj.com E-mail: info@americandj.com MODEL: X-CALIBUR™ SPECIFICA TIONS: VOL T AGE: 120V / 220V LAMP: ZB-ELC 24V/250W DIMENSIONS : 25” X 10.5” X 7” WEIGHT : 40 LBS. FUSE: 7 A WORKING POSITION: ANY SAFE POSITION C[...]