Anton/Bauer Tandem 70 manual

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    ® A7595-0310 Rev D DA-C130 Sht 1 of 12 Top Edge of Paper is used as a Cropmark. TANDEM Charger / Power Supply OWNER’S MANUAL Artwk Design Supplier Approvals M. O’Donnell 7/19/07 Anton/Bauer C. Hultman 7/19/07 L. Teodosio 7/23/07 Drafted By J. Teodosio 7/20/07 A. Perno 7/20/07 Checked By J. Cascella 07/20/07[...]

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1 A7595-0310 Rev D DA-C130 Sht 3 of 12 FEATURES .................................................................................................... 1 SAFEGUARDS ..................................................................[...]

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    1 INTRODUCTION The Tandem is the smallest and lightest p ackage available in both a charger and on- camera power supply. It incorporat es all of the Logic Series ® circuits that are employed i n every Anton/Bauer ® charger. The fast charge feature makes it an ideal complem ent to a current Anton/ Bauer battery syst em and given it s small size is[...]

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    2 SAFEGUARDS Power Sources: This unit was designed to operate at ma ins voltages from 120 to 240 Volts AC, 50-60 Hz. Risk of Electrical Shock: Refer servicing to quali fied service personnel. TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. A7595-0310 Rev D DA-C130 Sht 5 of 12 Top Edge of Paper is used as a Cropmark. GR[...]

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    3 Charging As with all Anton/B auer chargers, charging with Tandem is fully aut omati c. Mount any Logic Series battery to the Tand em and it will automatically determine and execute the appropriate charge routine. Applications A7595-0310 Rev D DA-C130 Sht 6 of 12 The Tandem will charge any Anton/ Bauer Logic Series Gold Mount ® batt ery including[...]

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    4 Three Stage Charging Methodology In general, the Tandem will deliver a three stage charge routine to each battery. 1. Stage One will deliver a high rate charge matched to th e capabilities of the battery (typi cally a one or two hour rate , depending on battery type). During t his stage, six separate cutoff m ethods are in operation, sim ultaneou[...]

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    5 LED Indications The Tandem has three LEDs one red (charger), two green (ready and st atus). The st atus green LED indicates three stat es; 1) solid green LED indicates Tandem is operating as a charger. 2) Flashing status green LED i ndi cates Tandem is operat ing as a power supply . 3) No green LED indicates power has been rem oved from Tandem . [...]

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    6 OPERATION AS DC CAMERA SUPPLY FROM MAINS The Tandem will aut omaticall y operate as a DC power supply once the cam era, or other device is turned on. There are no switches, it is fully automatic. The single green LED will light i ndicating t hat the unit is operating as a power suppl y. A7595-0310 Rev D DA-C130 Sht 9 of 12 A battery ma y be att a[...]

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    7 FCC NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to com ply with the lim its for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC R u les. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a comm ercial environment. Th is equipm ent generates, uses, and can radiate [...]

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    8 LIMITED WARRANTY This one (1) year lim ited warranty for the product sp ecified in this document (“Product”) is given by Anton/Bauer, Inc. (“Anton/Bauer”), 14 Progr ess Dr ive, Shelton, Connecticut 06484. If you (the purchaser of the Product from Anton/Bauer, or the person for whom the Product was purchased, if it was a gift) have any que[...]

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    7595-0310 Rev D A7595-0310 Rev D DA-C130 Sht 12 of 12 Top Edge of Paper is used as a Cropmark. The power behind the best cameras capturing the best images in the world. sm The worldwide standard ® ® The following are trademarks of Anton/Bauer, Inc.: The following are trademarks of Anton/Bauer, Inc.: ACS, ADM, All Chem, Anton/Bauer, Anton/Bauer lo[...]