Radio Transmission Wireless Settings

E-TTL II / E-TTL During radio transmission wireless shooting with autoflash photography, use the following steps to set the sender and receiver.

Sender Settings

  1. Select Wireless / linked shooting setting with the joystick.

  2. Set to Radio transmission wirelessSENDER.

    • Press the joystick up, down, left, or right, or turn Select dial and select Radio transmission wirelessSENDER, then press the joystick vertically.

  3. Select the firing method.

    • Push the joystick vertically.
    • Push the joystick up / down / left / right or turn Select dial to select item (1), then push the joystick vertically.
    • Push the joystick to the left or right, turn Select dial to select from ALL A:B A:B C, then push the joystick vertically.

Receiver Settings

  1. Set to Radio transmission wirelessRECEIVER.

    • Operate and set the flash you want to set as the receiver unit.
    • Select Radio transmission wirelessRECEIVER in the same way as for the sender unit setting.

Caution

  • To perform normal flash shooting, select WIRELESS OFF to clear the wireless (sender / receiver) settings.

Setting the Transmission Channel / Wireless Radio ID

Use the following procedure to set the transmission channel and wireless radio ID of the sender unit. Set the same channel and ID for both the sender unit and receiver unit. For details on the receiver operation procedure, refer to the Instruction Manual of the Speedlite equipped with the radio transmission wireless receiver function.

Caution

  • When establishing multiple radio transmission wireless flash systems in a place, interference between flash systems may occur even if the flashes are set to different transmission channels. Set different wireless radio IDs for each channel.

  1. Push the joystick vertically.

  2. Select Item (1).

    • Push the joystick up / down / left / right, or turn Select dial to select a channel item, then push the joystick vertically.

  3. Set a transmission channel.

    • Press the joystick up / down / left / right or turn Select dial to select from AUTO or Ch.1 to 15, then push the joystick vertically.

  4. Select Item (2).

    • Select the ID item using the same operation as the transmission channel setting, then push the joystick vertically.

  5. Set the wireless radio ID.

    • Push the joystick to the left or right or turn Select dial to select the position (digit) to set, then push the joystick vertically.
    • Push the joystick up or down or turn Select dial to select a number from 0 to 9, then push the joystick vertically.
    • Set a 4-digit number with the same procedure and select OK.
    • When transmission between the sender unit and receiver unit is established, the LINK lamp is lit in green.

Scanning and Setting the Sender Unit Transmission Channels

You can scan the radio reception status and set the sender unit's transmission channel automatically or manually. When the channel is set to "AUTO", the channel with the best reception signal is reset automatically. When setting the channel manually, you can reset the transmission channel while referring to the scan results.

  • Scanning when "AUTO" is set

    1. Press the SUB MENU button.

    2. Run the scan.

      • Press the joystick up, down, left, or right, or turn Select dial and select SCAN, then press the joystick vertically.
      • Choose OK.
      • The scan is performed, and the channel with the best reception signal is reset.

  • Scanning when a channel between Ch. 1 and 15 is set

    1. Press the SUB MENU button.

    2. Run the scan.

      • Press the joystick up, down, left, or right, or turn Select dial and select SCAN, then press the joystick vertically.
      • Choose OK.
      • The scan is performed and the reception status is displayed in a graph.

      • The higher the peak of the channel in the graph, the better the radio reception signal.

    3. Set the channel.

      • Push the joystick up / down / left / right or turn Select dial to select from Ch.1 to 15.

      • Push the joystick vertically to set the channel.

LINK Lamp and Connection Indication

You can check the transmission status by the lighting status of the LINK lamp or the icon on the LCD panel.

Status Description Action
Lit Transmission OK –
Off Not connected Checking the channel and ID
Off Too many units Set the total number of sender and receiver units to 16 or less.
Blinking Error Turn the sender unit and receiver unit off and on again.
Lit Transmission OK*1 –
Lit Transmission OK*2 –

1: When sender side is connected to the sub-sender

2: When the sender side is connected for continuous shooting

Display Description Action
Sender wireless connection / Receiver wireless connection Transmission OK –
Sender wireless not connected / Receiver wireless not connected Not connected Checking the channel and ID
Sender unit wireless error / Receiver unit wireless error Too many units Set the total number of sender and receiver units to 16 or less.
Error Turn the sender unit and receiver unit off and on again.
SUB SENDER Transmission OK*1 –

1: When sender side is connected to the sub-sender

Caution

  • If the transmission channels of the sender unit and receiver unit are different, the receiver unit will not fire. Set both to the same number or set both to "AUTO".
  • If the wireless radio IDs of the sender unit and receiver unit are different, the receiver unit does not fire. Set to the same number.

Sender Unit(s) Flash Firing ON / OFF

You can set whether or not to fire the sender unit as a wireless flash that controls the receiver unit. When sender flash firing is turned ON, the flash fires as firing group A.

  1. Push the joystick vertically.

  2. Select an item in (1).

    • Push the joystick up / down / left / right or turn Select dial to select an item, and push the joystick vertically.

  3. Set sender flash firing.

    • Turn Select dial to select sender flash firing ON / OFF, then push the joystick vertically.
      • Sender flash firing ON: Sender flash firing ON
      • Sender flash firing OFF: Sender flash firing OFF

Memory Function

You can save the wireless settings to the sender unit and receiver unit and recall the settings later. Operate each sender or receiver unit individually to save or recall its settings.

  1. Press the SUB MENU button.

  2. Select MEMORY.

    • Press the joystick up, down, left, or right, or turn Select dial and select MEMORY, then press the joystick vertically.

  3. Save or load the settings.

    Save

    • Press the joystick to the left or right, turn Select dial to select SAVE to select, then push the joystick vertically.
    • Press the joystick to the left or right, turn Select dial to select OK to select, then push the joystick vertically.
    • The settings are saved (stored in the memory).

    Load

    • Press the joystick to the left or right, turn Select dial to select LOAD to select, then push the joystick vertically.
    • Press the joystick to the left or right, turn Select dial to select OK to select, then push the joystick vertically.
    • The settings that were saved are set.