mmais68569 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I bought my first controler during the sale & now want to add a show director. My question;Should I buy the 1602W with Mp3 show director, or should I buy another CTB16PCcontroler & the Mini Director with MP3 player.The last coose would save me about $250 but I would not beable to set the start & stop times.Also being new useing a Show director do I still need the software program if I use this year sequences uploaded by other members. Thanks for any & all help Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbomb341 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 mmais68569 wrote: I bought my first controler during the sale & now want to add a show director. My question;Should I buy the 1602W with Mp3 show director, or should I buy another CTB16PCcontroler & the Mini Director with MP3 player.The last coose would save me about $250 but I would not beable to set the start & stop times.Also being new useing a Show director do I still need the software program if I use this year sequences uploaded by other members. Thanks for any & all help Mike Mike,No direct questions - but I used BOTH the Mini and Full director this last season they were GREAT/ The mini you can "schedual" with a wall-wort and 7 day timmer. They both work the 1600's and PC baords. The other diffrence is Fulld irecto can do 9 shows where the Mini can only do 1. Buy they one that fills you needs.YES you need the sotware.Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan.a Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 mike, you bought a controler during the sale but never did this last year. am I correct? than you need a starter package to continue. it gives you 2 cds ( full version of light o rama sequence for controling the lights and utilitys for setting up your shows) and a sc485 plug to talk from your pc to the controler. you'll need this first before movin foward.http://store.lightorama.com/spk800.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksback72 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Mike,I used the 1602MP3 unit for the second straight year with ZERO PROBLEMS! The unit may be more money but extremely easy to use. Once I programed the SD Card - everything turned on and off daily, changes were simple, scheduling was easy, etc.I ran an 18 minute musical program and then a 42 minute static with music. The program looped itself from 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm (128 total channels).I bought a few extra SD cards and programmed a few extra sequences, so on the weekend I could pop in another card and songs would be different.This unit is very flexible - just my opinion.Good Luck,Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter B Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Bill Jr wrote: Mike,I used the 1602MP3 unit for the second straight year with ZERO PROBLEMS! The unit may be more money but extremely easy to use. Once I programed the SD Card - everything turned on and off daily, changes were simple, scheduling was easy, etc.I ran an 18 minute musical program and then a 42 minute static with music. The program looped itself from 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm (128 total channels).I bought a few extra SD cards and programmed a few extra sequences, so on the weekend I could pop in another card and songs would be different.This unit is very flexible - just my opinion.Good Luck,BillI'm sold on this idea, can't wait 'til the sales. DON'T let the wife know, she'll go nuts.~Pete ~ :} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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