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PocketWizard Pocket Wizard Plus III manual

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  • Page 1

    Quick Guide FCC/IC: 340.00 - 354.00 MHz CE: 433.42 - 434.42 MHz IMPORT ANT : FCC/Canada frequency radios are NOT compatible with CE frequency radios and vice versa. P ocketWizard.com/wheretobuy/frequency The Plus III is a radio transceiver , capable of acting as a transmitter or receiver for triggering remote ashes and cameras. It requires at le[...]

  • Page 2

    Internal Antenna (PG. 13) Backlit LCD (PG. 4) T est Button (T wo Stage T rigger) (PG. 12) Power/MODE Button (PG. 5) Zone T oggle Buttons (A, B, C, D) (PG. 11) Status LED (PG. 12) Channel Up/Down Buttons (PG. 11) Hot Shoe with Locking Ring (PG. 5) READ ME FIRST : T r ansceiver • All equipment should be turned OFF when making connections, otherwise[...]

  • Page 3

    INCLUDED IN BOX: Lanyard Loop USB Connector (PG. 12) Flash/Camera Port (PG. 5, 6, 7, 8) Battery Door Latch Battery Door (PG. 4) 1/4 - 20 Mount T r ansceiver • Plus III T ransceiver • Locking PC Sync Cable • Lany ard • 3.5mm (1/8” Miniphone) Cable • Quick Guide • 6.35mm (1/4” Phone) Adapter The included cables and adapter are for you[...]

  • Page 4

    T r ansceiver Battery Level (PG. 4) Channel (PG. 11) T riggering Mode (PG. 9, 10) Half/Full Press Indicator (PG. 7, 12) Selected Zones (PG. 11) Note proper polarity when installing batteries. • Always turn OFF all equipment (PocketWizard ® radios, electronic ashes, cameras, etc.) before making connections or replacing batteries. • The Plus [...]

  • Page 5

    T r ansceiver Connecting: Connect a Plus III to your camera via the hot shoe. This will be your transmitting radio. Connect a Plus III to each of your remote ashes using the appropriate sync cable. Th es e w il l b e yo ur re ce iv i ng r ad i os . If you are using a camera with no hot shoe, or the hot shoe cannot be used, connect the transmitti[...]

  • Page 6

    T riggering a Remote Flash with your Plus ® III T ransceiver Remote Flash T riggering 1. Attach a Plus III to your camera’ s hot shoe. Y ou may also connect the Plus III radio to your camera’ s PC sync port using the included cable. 2. Connect a Plus III to your remote ash via the appropriate sync cable. 3. Select Channel and Zone A, B, C, [...]

  • Page 7

    7 Remote Camera T riggering T riggering a Remote Camera with your Plus ® III T ransceiver 1. Connect Plus III to your remote camera via the appropriate remote camera cable. 2. Select Channel and Zone A, B, C, or D via the Channel Up/Down Buttons and Zone T oggle Buttons. 3. Press the TEST button on the transmitting PocketWizard radio or re the [...]

  • Page 8

    Using Auto-Relay 1. Set the transmitting PocketWizard radio in your hands to a desired channel and zone. 2. Set the relaying Plus III for your remote camera to the same ch an n el as the radio in your hands and set T riggering Mode to TxRx . 3. Connect the relaying Plus III’ s Flash/Camera Port to the remote camera triggering port of the camera v[...]

  • Page 9

    T riggering Modes Modes of Operation Y our Plus ® III T ransceiver supports six modes of triggering for different applications. Y ou can switch between modes by pressing and quickly releasing the MODE button. TxRx Mode allows the radio to be used as a transmitter attached to a camera or as a receiver connected to a rem ote ash or remote camera.[...]

  • Page 10

    T riggering Modes and receiving radios. Use this mode when triggering remote cameras at greater distances. It can also be used with remote ash, but there may be a reduction in maximum X-sync speed. RP (Repeater) Mode automatically retransmits any triggers received on the selected channel, increasing the maximum triggering distance when a Plus ®[...]

  • Page 11

    Channels Using Zones The Plus ® III T ransceiver supports 32 different Standard Channels. Each Standard Channel represents a digital code transmitted on specic PocketWizard radio frequencies. This enables many photographers to work in the same area or for one photographer to exclusively control different sets of receivers. A Plus III will trigg[...]

  • Page 12

    Other Functions Status LED TEST Button (T wo Stage T rigger) Reset USB The Plus III’ s status LED will blink in three different colors: Green, Red and Amber . Green Blinking indicates good battery life Amber Blinking indicates the batteries are getting low or when TEST button is half-pressed Red Blinking indicates batteries are critically low and[...]

  • Page 13

    Whenever possible, maintain a line of sight between radios and keep antennas parallel. Make sure radios are not near any large metal, concrete, or high water -content objects. People and trees are mostly water! Make sure radios are not blocked by these objects or by hills. The Plus III T ransceiver’ s antenna is fairly omnidirectional and its ori[...]

  • Page 14

    Specications T echnical Information Frequency: Plus ® III FCC/IC: 340.00 – 354.00 MHz Plus ® III CE: 433.42 – 434.42 MHz T ransmit Output Power: Less than 1 milliwatt (1/1000 of a watt) Batteries: 2 x AA (IEC:LR6) T riggering Delay: 1/1200 of a second Bandwidth: Narrowband 70KHz T ransmit 230KHz Receive Operating T emperature: Above -15° [...]

  • Page 15

    P ocketWizard.com Information in this Quick Guide is subject to change. For current operatingdocumentation, features, specicationsandcompatibility , visit wiki.PocketWizard.com. © 2011 LPA Design. All rights reserved. Product features and specications are subject to change without notice. PocketWizard, ControlTL, MiniTT1, F[...]

  • Page 16

    10937 v1.0 WARNING The FCC wants you to know: Cha ngesormodicationstothisunitnotexpresslyapprovedb ythe partyresponsibleforcompliancecouldvoidtheuser’ sauthorityto operatethisequipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B dig[...]