Bowens EXPLORER 1500 BW7640 - Manual (Page 7)

‘Skip’
This is solely for use with two or more packs and is designed to allow the photographer to trigger
up to eight packs in sequence and therefore enable effectively faster flash rates or to even
produce special effects.
• Each pack must be connected to the SAME trigger source and must have ‘Skip’ turned on.
• Set ‘SKIP’ to ‘ON’.
• Set Total Packs on each pack to the number in use (2-9).
• Assign each pack a Pack ID according to the order of triggering required. This must be less
than or equal to the total number of packs used.
Once set up and a Sync. signal occurs, each pack begins counting the number of triggers
detected. When this number is equal to the Pack ID of a pack, the pack will then fire.
e.g. Consider 3 packs each set with Total Packs = 3 and individually set with Pack ID = 1, 2
and 3.
Having set SKIP on each pack to ON, the first Sync. signal will cause Pack 1 to fire, the second
(Pack 2) to fire and the third (Pack 3) to fire. The fourth trigger will cause Pack 1 to fire again
and so on.
‘Multi’
This allows the pack to fire a multiple number of times following a single trigger signal.
• Set Shots/Trig to the number required in the range 2 - 99.
• Set interval to the required time between shots in the range 1 - 99 seconds.
On receiving a Sync. signal the pack will fire off automatically the chosen number of shots
with the chosen time interval between them.
NOTE:
In setting certain modes the user must ensure that the pack will recharge within the time set,
otherwise it will not be READY and hence will not fire as expected.
Fitting the Battery
Removing the Battery
Trigger Mode Menu
• Lay the pack on its longest side with the aerial uppermost.
• Lay the battery cassette with the fuses uppermost and the
slotted handle to the right.
• Rotate the toggle botton on the base of the cassette to
realise the two handles and open them fully out.
• Slide the battery cassette into the pack with the slotted
handle towards the right. The cassette will not fit in the
pack the wrong way round.
• Gently push the cassette all the way in and fold the
handles down so that they lock the cassette inside the
pack.
• Lock the handles in place by rotating the toggle button.
Rotate the toggle button to adjust the lock.
• Stand the pack upright.
• Removal of the cassette is the reverse of fitting.
• Lay the pack on its longest side with the aerial uppermost.
• Rotate the toggle button on the base of the cassette to release the two handles.
• Fold out the handles and pull on them whilst using the thumbs against the pack to eject
the cassette out of the pack.
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