User's Manual

22 MAC Encore™ Performance Safety and Installation Manual
Replacing color filters
The MAC Encore Performance has six dichroic color filters. See the MAC Encore Performance User Guide
available for download from www.martin.com for filter names and part numbers.
Use only genuine Martin™ color filters. Handle and store filters with care. Wear cotton gloves while handling
them and keep them perfectly clean.
To replace a color filter:
1. Disconnect the fixture from power and allow it to cool for 30 minutes.
2. Remove the top head cover, position the head with the front glass angled downwards and the top side
facing upwards, and apply the tilt lock (see “Access to the head” on page 13).
3. Remove the multi-module from the head (see “Access to the multi-module” on page 15).
4. See Figure 20. Turn
the color wheel A
until the filter B that
you want to replace
is accessible. Put
on clean cotton
gloves. Push the
outer edge of the
filter up and away
from the color
wheel slightly to
release it, then pull
the filter carefully
out of its clip and
remove it. Store the
filter resting on a
clean, soft surface
or in a filter rack.
5. To insert a color filter, put on clean
cotton gloves and turn the filter so
that its coated side will face towards
the LEDs (in the MAC Encore
Performance this means that the
coated side must face away from
the gobo wheel). To find out which
side of a color filter is coated, hold
an object up against the glass.
There will be a small gap between
the object and its reflection on the
non-coated side.
6. See Figure 21. Slide the filter fully
into its clip in the center of the color
wheel. Make sure that the outer
edge of the filter locates inside the
lip (arrowed) on the edge of the
color wheel so that the filter is held
securely.
7. If necessary, continue replacing
filters one by one as described
above.
8. If no further service work is to be carried out, reinstall the module and head covers as described in
“Access to the multi-module” on page 15 and “Access to the head” on page 13. Release the tilt lock
before reapplying power.
B
Figure 20: Color filter removal
A
Figure 21: Color filter installation
B