Power Supply; Battery Replacement; Exchanging The Batteries; Operation With The Battery Pack - Metz MECABLITZ 45 CL-1 Manual De Instrucciones

• Connect the synch cable to the flashgun and camera.

2.2 Power supply

The flashgun can be operated with:
• Alkaline manganese batteries, size IEC LR 6 (AA-type) (only with BAT-ver-
sion, otherwise optional extra)
• Metz NiCad battery pack 45-40 (only if NiCad is featured; otherwise
available as an optional accessory). A charger (see table 2, page 59) is
included with the flashgun if NiCad is featured).
• Power Pack P 50 (optional accessory)

2.3 Battery replacement

Press the two locking keys of the battery housing, and pull out of the flashgun
(fig. 4a). To return the battery housing press the two locking keys together
and press into the handle-mount grip of the flashgun until it audibly engages.

2.3.1 Exchanging the batteries

Press together the smooth locking keys of the dismantled battery housing
(only with BAT-version, otherwise optional extra) and remove the lid (fig. 4b).
Insert new batteries in conformity with the polarity symbols indicated in the
base of the housing. Return the lid and lock in again.
Spent batteries must not be thrown into the domestic waste! Help keep
the environment clean and discard spent batteries at corresponding
collecting points!
The battery housing must not be fitted with NiCad batteries! The contacts of
the battery housing are only intended for alkaline manganese batteries.
The lower resistance of NiCad batteries means that more current can
flow, and this can damage the flashgun. The NiCad Battery Pack 45-
40 has special contacts which do not allow the flow of high currents.

2.3.2 Operation with the battery pack

(only with NC-version, otherwise optional extra)
The NiCad battery should be charged for 5 hours before it is used for the
first time. The NiCad battery can be charged within the flashgun or external-
ly.
Warning: The flashgun must NOT be switched on while the battery is
being charged within the flashgun!
The NiCad battery is discharged if the recycle time after a flash exceeds 60
seconds.
Adjust the correct mains voltage on the charger prior to charging. The volta-
ge selector (fig. 5a) is located next to the plug and can be adjusted with a
small screwdriver.
The connection for the charger (fig. 5b) is in the base of the NiCad battery.
The adjoining pilot lamp lights up while charging is in progress.
The charging time for a completely exhausted NiCad battery is 5 hours. A
partly discharged NiCad battery requires a correspondingly diminished
charging time.
To identify an exhausted battery: Push the knurled slide in the battery lid to
the black mark.
To identify a charged battery: Push the knurled slide in the battery lid to the
white mark.

2.4 Switching the flashgun on and off

The flashgun is switched on with the main switch
permanently switched on when the switch is pushed to the top position, and
the operating light shines. Push the main switch to the bottom position to
switch off the flashgun.
(fig. 2). The flashgun is
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