Projector Christie Roadie 25k User Manual

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• Power: The power supplied to the lamp will remain at your specified wattage 
level. Once you select this option, enter the number of watts representing the 
power level you wish to maintain. See “
Power” below. 
POWER - This slidebar and number indicates how 
many watts are applied to the lamp. You can apply 
anywhere from 75% of the maximum power intended for the installed lamp up to an 
“over-drive” that exceeds the maximum rating by approximately 10%. Set...

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Do not lower the “Intensity” so much that the corresponding “Power” value reaches 
its minimum—the intensity setting will be inaccurate and cannot be maintained. For 
best results in achieving uniform intensity amongst tiled images, choose an 
“
Intensity” setting that enables all lamps to operate at less than the maximum number 
of watts available in your projector but high enough to keep the corresponding lamp 
power above its minimum. See “
Power”, above....

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 IMPORTANT  
Always match this setting to your current cable lengths. 
Use LampLOC to align a newly-installed lamp after its first power-up. For best results, 
select the 
DO AUTO control in the LampLOC menu and wait a few moments for the 
X-Y-Z values to stabilize. The motors and sensors will work together to precisely 
position the lamp for optimized performance and brightness at the screen, utilizing 
filtering to eliminate signs of lamp flicker. Progress...

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1. Adjust forward/aft (z) until the brightness reading in front of the lens is 
maximized. 
2.  Adjust left/right (
x) and up/down (y) until the brightness reading in front of the 
lens is maximized 
3.  Re-adjust forward/aft (
z) as necessary. 
4.  Repeat Steps 1-3 as necessary. 
5.  Repeat Steps 1-4, but reading at the screen instead of at the lens. 
6.  Reset Lamp Power or Intensity if desired. 
Close the internal electro-mechanical shutter (
Shutter) to...

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as a rental period), and for your projector model name and serial number. In addition, 
the Status menu identifies the current channel, its location, its frequencies and other 
details. 
Scroll the full Status menu using 
 . Use  for page up/down. 
 
When an installation requires multiple projectors, you can use the RS232 and/or 
RS422 serial ports to daisy-chain the units together and control the group with a 
single keypad or a computer/controller connected...

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Color Adjustment Procedure 
Once the Color Primary Settings are calibrated for the site (see above), use the Color 
Adjustments by X,Y menu to further refine each projector’s fundamental primary 
colors so that the hue and intensity of each color appears the same from one display 
to another. Once matched, you will have created a single new shared range of colors 
or “color gamut” that all projectors can produce. This palette—named User 1, 2, 3 or 
4—can be...

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Figure 3.36. Copy X/Y Values into All Projectors 
(NOTE: MAGENTA, CYAN AND YELLOW ARE NO LONGER USED) 
6.  In each projector, judge by eye and adjust x/y coordinates slightly in the following 
manner: 

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Using the Color Saturation Menu for Color Matching 
You may prefer to use 
the Color Saturation 
menu to match colors 
across multiple screens. 
In the three Color 
Adjustment submenus 
(Red, Green, Blue—see 
right), set all main 
values to “100” and the 
secondary values to “0”. 
Then judge by eye and 
adjust the slidebars as 
needed. Note that 
adjustments here define 
new x/y coordinates in 
the Color Adjustments 
by X,Y menu. 
For best results, the 
Color...

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lamps, either set up Brightness Uniformity after this period, or do an initial 
setup and re-check at 100 hours. 

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• If you have created a “User 1” color gamut (recommended) for a well-
matched wall, select “User 1” and continue to Step 
1e. 
• If you prefer maximum brightness rather than a particular color temperature, 
select “Max Drives”. 
 IMPORTANT  
Do not change User 1 Color Adjustment 
in color-matched applications! 
1e) In the White Uniformity 
menu, set the “Overall” 
output level to 50.0 and all 
remaining slidebars to 0.0. 
This decreases the light 
output just...