Bio-Rad Gel Doc™ XR+ System - Manual (Page 5)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 C OMPUTER R EQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
SECTION 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION .............................................................................................................. 7
2.1 I MPORTANT N OTICE .................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 P OWER S AFETY I NFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
SECTION 3 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION...................................................................................................................................... 8
3.1 CCD C AMERA AND L ENSES ......................................................................................................................................................... 8
3.2 D ARKROOM E NCLOSURE , E MISSION F ILTERS , AND I LLUMINATION S OURCES ................................................................................. 8
3.3 USB AND F IRE W IRE C ONNECTIONS ............................................................................................................................................. 9
3.4 Q UANTITY O NE S OFTWARE .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
3.5 P RINTER (O PTIONAL ) .................................................................................................................................................................. 9
3.6 U NPACKING THE S YSTEM ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
SECTION 4 GETTING STARTED.............................................................................................................................................. 14
4.1 S ELECTING A L OCATION ............................................................................................................................................................ 14
4.2 A SSEMBLING THE S YSTEM .......................................................................................................................................................... 14
4.2.1 A SSEMBLING THE UNIVERSAL HOOD I I ................................................................................................................... 14
4.3 G EL D O C XR S YSTEM ............................................................................................................................................................... 15
4.3.1 I NSTALLING THE G EL D OC XR C AMERA ....................................................................................................................... 15
4.3.2 I NSTALLATION OF Q UANTITY O NE S OFTWARE FOR G EL D OC XR................................................................................... 16
4.3.3 G EL D OC XR S YSTEM C ABLE C ONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................ 20
4.4 C HEMI D OC XRS S YSTEM ........................................................................................................................................................ 22
4.4.1 I NSTALLATION OF Q UANTITY O NE S OFTWARE FOR C HEMI D OC XRS .............................................................................. 23
4.4.2 C HEMI D OC XRS S YSTEM C ABLE C ONFIGURATION ........................................................................................................ 28
4.4.3 F IREWIRE C ARD I NSTALLATION .................................................................................................................................... 29
4.5 I NSTALLING THE W HITE L IGHT T RANSILLUMINATOR (O PTIONAL )................................................................................................ 29
4.6 I NSTALLING THE O PTIONAL 17 MM OR 25 MM W IDE -A NGLE L ENSES (C HEMI D OC XRS S YSTEM ONLY ) ........................................ 30
4.7 D ESCRIPTION OF S YSTEM F UNCTION AND S YSTEM I NITIALIZATION .............................................................................................. 32
4.7.1 C ONTROL P ANEL ......................................................................................................................................................... 32
SECTION 5 OPERATION OF THE UNIVERSAL HOOD II .................................................................................................. 39
5.1 O PERATING THE U NIT ............................................................................................................................................................... 39
5.1.1 S WITCH ON THE U NIVERSAL H OOD II ........................................................................................................................... 39
5.1.2 P OSITION Y OUR G EL .................................................................................................................................................... 39
5.1.3 A CQUIRING AN I MAGE .................................................................................................................................................. 39
5.1.4 A CQUIRING AN I MAGE W ITH F LAT F IELDING ................................................................................................................ 39
5.2 C UTTING G ELS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 41
SECTION 6 TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................................................................................................................... 42
SECTION 7 ACCESSORIES AND REPLACEMENT PARTS ................................................................................................ 43
SECTION 8 MAINTENANCE AND PARTS REPLACEMENT .............................................................................................. 45
8.1 E PI I LLUMINATION L AMP R EPLACEMENT .................................................................................................................................. 45
8.2 F USE R EPLACEMENT ................................................................................................................................................................ 45
8.3 UV T RANSILLUMINATOR ............................................................................................................................................................ 46
8.4 L AMP R EPLACEMENT ................................................................................................................................................................ 46
APPENDIX A: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................... 48