Nikon AstroIR, Manual, Page: 3 / 4

Quick setup
The exposure can be set between 1 minute and 15 minutes in increments of 1 minute.
Press and hold the
centre button then press and release the left hand button the remote
will start to flash green and yellow (red + green on at the same time) this indicates that the
remote is ready to store the exposure time. When you release the
centre button the remote
will start to flash green. Each green flash equals an exposure duration time of 1 minute.
eg. G = green flash
Led flash number 1 2 3 4 5 ~ 13 14 15
Colour of flash G G G G G ~ G G G
Exposure minutes 1 2 3 4 5 ~ 13 14 15
After counting off the required time press and hold the
centre button until the remote turns
yellow to store the accumulated exposure time.
After releasing the
centre button the remote will indicate the exposure and gap time
by flashing green for each exposure minute and yellow for each gap second currently stored.
10 seconds after this the first camera trigger will be sent starting the exposure with the
remote flashing green two times fast.
After the stored time has elapsed the remote will send the second camera trigger to end the
exposure and the remote will flash red two times fast.
After the picture gap time the next exposure will start.
The remote will repeat this until switched off.
Picture gap setup
Press and hold the centre and right hand buttons .
Then press and release the
left hand button
the remote will turn yellow.
Release both
centre and right hand buttons .
The remote will now flash yellow up to 6 times.
Each flash equals a 1 second gap duration.
Press and hold the
right hand button after the required duration flash until the remote
displays solid yellow you can now release the right hand button .
eg.
Pressing the
right hand button after 1 yellow flash will set a gap duration of 1 second.
Pressing the right hand button after 2 yellow flashes will set a gap duration of 2 seconds.
The maximum picture gap duration that can be set is 6 seconds.