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DSS5500 SSuubbssttrroobbeess

• DS50 SubStrobes with a Serial Number below 63,850 can not

be updated to operate with the TTL Conversion Circuitry.
• DS50 SubStrobes with a Serial Number between 63,850 and

69,999 operate with the TTL Conversion Circuitry, but require

update to provide optimum performance.
• DS50 Substrobe with a Serial Number of 70,000 or higher or

with one of the two following labels in the

battery compartment

provide optimum

performance with the TTL

Conversion Circuitry.

DSS112255 SSuubbssttrroobbeess

• DS125 Substrobes with a Serial Number below 2,500 must be

updated to operate correctly with the TTL Conversion Circuitry.
• DS125 Substrobes with a Serial Number between 2,501 and

4,900 operate with the TTL Conversion Circuitry but require

update to provide optimum performance.
• DS125 Substrobe with a Serial Number of 5,000 or higher or

with one of the two following

labels in the battery

compartment provide optimum

performance with the TTL

Conversion Circuitry.

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There are two port locks on

the front of the housing.

(See housing front) Each

port lock has a Release

Button, lift the release

button and slide each Port

Lock away from the port

opening. In the unlocked

position the Release Button

will remain in the up

position as shown.

To prepare the port for installation, remove the port o’ring and

lightly lubricate it. The port seal is a side-to-side seal and

requires the o’ring to be lightly lubricated for easy installation.

Put a small amount of lubricant on your fingers and draw the

o’ring through your fingers to lightly lubricate it. Do not stretch

the o’ring. Check that the lip of the port where the o’ring fits

and the sealing surface on the housing are clean. Place the port,

with o’ring into the housing’s port opening. Press down on the

port firmly and evenly until you feel the port slide into place.

Continue to push down on the port and push each port lock

forward until it clicks into place. It may help to slightly rotate

the port as you push in on the port lock. When the port lock

clicks into place the Release Button will drop down against the

port lock.
Check around the perimeter of the port seal to see that the

o’ring is properly sealed and not extruded.

Port Lock
Release
Button

Lift Release
Button to
Unlock

Pull Back to
Disengage
Port

Unlocked Position

Locked Position

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If the port is installed before the camera is inserted into the

housing, look on the inside of the

housings at the port seal. Check

to see that the o’ring is properly

sealed as shown in figure 1 and not

extruded as shown in figure 2.

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To remove the port lift up on each

Release Button and slide the port

lock away from the port.

Fig. 1

Fig. 2

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After installing the port, turn the Zoom Control knob on the

housing. If the Zoom Control is difficult to turn, the gear sleeve

may be warped. If so reduce or omit any rubber installed on the

Zoom Clamp. (Fig.H on pg.11).

If the Zoom Clamp is still warped,

use of the #5509.28 package may be required. (See page 8)

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The Conversion Circuitry default is set to TTL. To switch between

TTL and Manual Modes depress both Mode Buttons at the same

time and keep them depressed until you see the desired Yellow

LED Mode illuminate.
•• TTTTLL M

Mooddee (indicated when the Yellow LED directly below TTL is

illuminated). TTL Mode is the default setting. When the DS

Substrobe is powered ON the Yellow TTL LED will illuminate.

None of the Red LEDs will illuminate. This indicates that NO (+)

plus or (-) minus compensation is selected. Depress the Mode

buttons to select +/- compensation. Note that the TTL +/-

compensation values are in the yellow bar with the heading TTL.
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Mooddee (indicated when the Yellow LED directly below

the M is illuminated). When the Manual Mode is selected the Red

LED directly below the F (full power) will illuminate. Note that

the Manual minus (-) compensation values are in the black bar

with the heading M.

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Substrobe

MOD-NC

serial number

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contact Ikelite for more information.

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Substrobe

MOD-NC

serial number