Does it do anything? Change the batteries and see if it makes a difference. Sounds silly, however mine started acting funny and then stopped almost altogether. New batteries was the easy fix. Good luck man!
Why don't you show what setting to put the light on to get the remote to work. My remote does nothing with this gigbar. I'm frustrated.. please help. Thanks
Hmm. There is no setting for the remote, only the footswitch. I would ensure that the SYS menu has the WIFI turned off so that only the remote will work and won't fight the footswitch. Page 28 of the manual talks about the remote operation. Good luck man!
Cliff Gillespie Since the derby’s have a motor and move, you’ll want to use just the pars. Press the Auto button then Number 1, and the the white or color button. You can adjust the brightness as well. Hope this helps
I had to mess around with it but basically hit the auto button, then press a color then press 1. It should stay solid color with no flashing. Then if you want to change color just press any of the color buttons.
Having trouble getting it to just stop on one color for slow dancing. Just the two middle lights. Did it once but can't get it to duplicate after 30 minutes of trying everything. Great video and very helpful Ron!
Have to admit, they are pretty lame. Nothing like you'd expect. They simply shine a colored beam without moving. I use other darby lights along with this rig.
Well that’s a good price for sure. There is a gig bar 2, but I don’t know what the difference is and it close to 5 bills. Personally, I like it and don’t regret my purchase. With the remote, there is a lot of flexibility, even if the derby’s are more like pars. Good luck man!
I bought one of these when they first came out and I had a lot of trouble getting mine to respond to the wireless remote. It is the gigbar 2. I tried putting a new battery in the remote, without any success. It would respond occasionally but I had to keep pushing the button over and over. After about 3 gigs with it, I finally just stopped using it. The foot controller is even more worthless than the remote. I keep planning on trying to control it with some sort of a dmx controller, but I haven't found one that will access the factory presets and run on sound active. I thought the adj NE1 maybe a solution, but I heard that it doesn't work with sound active. I wish chauvet offered something like the adj airstream IR that would allow an ipad to work in place of the cheesey remote and function with their IR fixtures. I am still looking for an easy solution. I'm not big on programming complicated dmx stuff, I want a basic controller that will function properly. I thought about checking into "soundswitch", If anybody has any suggestions please comment. Thanks, DJ-B-rad Oklahoma
i like the fact you can see just how bright this unit is in a room with lights on. I'll be using one in blacked-out rooms, but also a hall during the daytime, where i can't close the curtains. So to know it's pretty capable in daytime settings is cool. Thanks!
It would've helped if you showed the buttons you were pushing while making changes. Some were obvious, but NOT all. Also, no mention of the "%" and"Fade" buttons.
ZillaYT Sorry that this video wasn't helpful to you. The majority of the buttons for the functions are the numbers 1 - 9. I don't know what the others you mentioned do nor do I claim to be an expert with this light. This was only supposed to be a basic how to video.
hi Ron hey on the gig bar 2 there's two laser colors red & green and my green isn't working i'm not seeing the green no more. do you what's up with my gig bar 2 ?
This was a great video. I've only been using mine with the foot switch. Now I'm going to change to the remote. This video makes it easy. I'll need to jot down what 0-9 do so I can go to any of them in a moment.
I don't really use it, however you need to turn on the wireless feature through the menu on the bar first. Then once the foot switch connects, you can control the functions with the pedals. It's tricky, but once you figure out what each pedal does, it's not so bad. Good luck
Thanks for the video. I just bought a Gigbar 2 today. I wouldn't really say I am THAT dumb, but it seemed like the instructions really didn't cover how to properly use the remote. Like, for instance, it says to "press and hold" either the Music or Audio buttons and then press 0-9. It was driving me crazy, since it wasn't changing the modes. Your video got me on the right track. Thanks!
Thanks MR K. It took me a while to figure it out and I also thought the instructions were some what of a joke. That's why I put this together. Glad it was helpful.
Great video , I reckon this is the video that sold it to me so I brought 2 . I am trying to dim the strobes as they are too bright , any tips , I am using the manual and trying to use the DMX value on channel 9 but its just not working.
brett mashado I'm trying to brighten my strobes because they are too dim. Did you figure anything out with dimming yours? I was able to adjust the pars but not the strobes.
It has a section in the user manual that says you CAN dim them but I’ve yet to figure out how to get there, may use a dmx controller, I’m not sure I just do like the other guy said and turn them off when playing certain gigs
