Section Two
Setting Up Your
Merlin-C
®
Lamping Your
Merlin-C
®
For The First Time
And Using The
Auto-Mizer
®
Place your Merlin flat on its base and roll the head over away from you on its Y-axis, lens down.
The lamp plate should now be facing you. Remove the four thumbscrews and gently pull the plate
away from the body. You may need/want to use a small hex-wrench to break the screw free from
the locking washer.
BE CAREFUL!
The plate and the ceramic lamp mount are connected to the
unit by the power supply wires.
DO
NOT
pull away too hard or you will break or damage these
wires and render your Merlin-C either unsafe or un-usable! (See figures 2 & 3). With clean, dry
hands, remove the lamp from its box and gently push the two pins on the lamp into the two small
holes in the center of the ceramic lamp mount on the lamp plate (see figure 3).
Once the lamp is snug, wipe it with a clean, dry cloth or a lamp-cleaning packet supplied by the
lamp manufacturer. Gently place the bell of the lamp into the patented lamp optimization ring
(“The Auto-Mizer”) until it is snug (See figures 4 & 5). Be careful NOT to force the lamp into the
ring or you may damage or destroy the lamp.
Once it is in place, gently push the entire assembly (lamp and lamp plate) against the
spring-loaded Auto-Mizer until the lamp plate is flush with the body and the screw holes are
aligned (See Figure 5). Replace thumbscrews and then snug them up with a hex-wrench and you
are finished! There is no need to optimize your lamp! The Merlin’s Auto-Mizer does this for you.
The Lens/Focus Assembly
and Focusing your
Merlin-C
®
for the First Time.
Remove the clear, thin protective film from the lens piece and discard. Clean the lens with a
clean, dry optics cleaning cloth available at any eye-ware/sunglasses shop. After you have set up
your Merlin, place it in “
TEST
”-“
GoBo
” mode (See section 3 of this manual) and adjust the focus
of your Merlin against a far wall or surface (See figure 6). Then return it to a regular operating
mode.
The Fuse Holder and Replacing Fuses
Your Merlin is shipped with a 220 volt, 3.15 amp, fast-blow fuse already installed in the holder.
We have also included a spare fuse, conveniently located right inside the holder! Should you
need to replace a fuse, we recommend you quickly replace the extra fuse for next time! Then you
will never be caught with out one! To swap fuses, first make sure the power switch is in the “off”
position or that the Merlin is unplugged. Then, simply pull out the holder by pulling it free with a
fingernail, small knife or flat-head screwdriver; remove the old fuse, discard and then snap in the
fresh fuse. (See figures 7 & 8) Push the holder back into the Merlin and you are ready to power
the unit up! If the new fuse should blow upon powering up the Merlin, there is a bigger problem
and you should have the unit serviced by a qualified Toplite technician.
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Section Three
Display Functions and Operation
Figure 13. The LED Display Section
THE LED DISPLAY
This Panel allows you to “talk” to your Merlin-C; set it up, control it, operate it and even test it in
many diverse ways. For example: You can assign it a DMX address, set it to run in many different
“modes” or test its different functions (I.e. Color wheel, Gobo wheel, etc) Understanding how it
works and what it can do will make your experience with, and ability to utilize the Merlin-C to its
fullest potential, a snap!
Power Up & First Focus
The first time you power up your Merlin-C, it will automatically home itself, strike the lamp and go
into a factory default “DMX Address” mode. While it powers up, the display will read: “
rSET
”. After it
is homed and the lamp is struck, the display will read: “
001
”. Meaning it has been addressed at
channel one at the factory. The lamp will strike, but without DMX signal, it will automatically shut
down the lamp after 60 seconds. If receiving a good DMX signal, the purple/UV LED DMX signal
indicator will be lit.
In order to focus your Merlin-C for the first time, press the “Menu” key and scroll through the menu
using the “Up” or “Down” keys until the display reads “
TEST
”. Press the “Enter” key and then scroll
through the test modes using the “up or “down” keys until the display reads: “
GoBo
”. Press “Enter”.
The lamp will re-strike if it has gone out and the Merlin will move into a position and begin going
through the gobos. Gently move the head manually with your hands until it is aimed at a far wall or
surface and then turn the focus ring (See Figure 6). This will allow you to focus the image. Doing this
before
you hang your Merlin-C for the first time is a good practice! Your Merlin is now ready to be
hung or placed and set into any operating mode you wish, such as “Stand Alone-Sound”, “DMX
Address” or “Slave” etc. These functions, and how to set them, will be covered in this section.
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