User Manual

NEO BASIC OPERATION
To operate NEO you will nd two red rotary controls,
which are also switches, and a DC on/off switch, these are
all located on the rear of NEO.
POWER
To power up NEO click the power switch (located next to
the DC input Jack)
NEO can be powered by 6 x AA Batteries or
rechargeables, or from a DC source in the range of 6v-15v
(i.e. optional Car 12v Socket, D-TAP from a broadcast
battery), or from the supplied AC Adapter. When
connecting a power source to the DC input socket , for
instance mains power or utilizing the D-Tap connection,
the AA batteries are automatically disconnected, thus
saving AA battery power. NB if you are connecting an
external DC source make sure the power is the correct
polarity, to avoid damaging your NEO.
On power up, you will see ‘ROTOLIGHT NEO’ scroll
across the screen, you can interrupt this anytime by
operating one of the control knobs.
To Power NEO Down , click the power switch again. NB
– NEO stores all the user settings in non-volatile RAM so
it will remember your last used settings.
(‘BRI’) BRIGHTNESS
You can adjust the brightness output of NEO by rotating
the left control knob.
If you rotate the knob quickly it will speed up the data
input. You can press and rotate to deliberately adjust the
brightness in steps of 10% (Fast Mode). Simply rotating
the knob will adjust the brightness in steps of 1%.
NEO has a dimming range of 0% -100% and is completely
icker free at any brightness level.
(NB There is a special mode called ‘True Aperture
Dimming’ (F-DIM) , available in the MENU section, which
will display the brightness as an F-Stop, based on your
camera exposure settings – see ‘True Aperture Dimming’)
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