Lightmybricks R2-D2 LED Lighting Kit User manual

Light My Bricks : R2-D2 LED Lighting Kit
Here is the instruction document for the Lego R2-D2 LED lighting kit. Please read and
follow the steps carefully to ensure this lighting kit is installed properly.
If you run into any issues, please refer to the online troubleshooting guide.
To ensure a trouble-free installation of your light kit, please read and follow each step
carefully.
Package contents:
2 x White 30cm Bit Lights
2 x Blue 30cm Bit Lights
1 x 6 Port Expansion Board
1 x Battery Pack (3 x AA Batteries not included)

Important things to note:
Laying cables in between and underneath bricks
Cables can fit in between and underneath LEGO® bricks, plates, and tiles providing they
are laid correctly between the LEGO® studs. Do NOT forcefully join LEGO® together
around cables; instead ensure they are laying comfortably in between each stud.

CAUTION: Forcing LEGO® to connect over a cable can result in damaging the cable
and light.
Connecting cable connectors to Expansion Boards
Take extra care when inserting connectors to ports of Expansion Boards. Connectors can
be inserted only one way. With the expansion board facing up, look for the soldered “=”
symbol on the left side of the port. The connector side with the wires exposed should be
facing toward the soldered “=” symbol as you insert into the port. If a plug won’t fit easily
into a port connector, do not force it.

WARNING: Incorrectly inserting the connector can result in bent pins inside the port or
possible overheating of the expansion board when connected.
Installing Bit Lights under LEGO® bricks and plates.
When installing Bit Lights under LEGO® pieces, ensure they are placed the correct way
up (Yellow LED component exposed). You can either place them directly on top of
LEGO® studs or in between.

OK, Let’s Begin!
Instructions for installing this kit
The first thing we need to do is take R2’s head off. I know, it sounds brutal but he can’t
feel it anyway, right??
If you gently hold his head and lift upward, it should easily come off.

Look at the front of R2’s head, look for two trans-clear 1×1 plates and remove them.

Grab two of the bit lights and angle the end so that the light is perpendicular to the wire.

Feed the connector end of each bit light into the square hole left by removing the 1×1
trans-clear plates.

Once they are thread all the way through, the LED will sitting inside the square hole facing
towards the front.

Let the plug ends of wires rest where they will……we will get to those later.
Replace the two 1×1 trans-clear plates.

Remove the 1×1 round trans-red plate from the front of R2’s head.

Grab one of the bit lights and angle the end so that the light is perpendicular to the wire.

Feed the connector end of the bit light into the round hole in the blue brick left by
removing the 1×1 round trans-red plate.

Once the wire has been fed all the way through, the bit light will sit on the outside of the
round hole in the blue brick.

Replace the 1×1 round trans-red plate.

Now remove R2’s projector piece by holding it and pulling it forward and out.

The projector piece came out of a 1×1 brick with a blue technic pin in it. The 1×1 brick can
move from side to side a bit leaving a gap on the left hand side of the brick between it and
the rest of R2’s head.

It is in this gap that we want to run the wires for the last bit light. The plug won’t fit through
this gap, so we need to pry some pieces apart to feed the plug through. If you lift from
where the 1×1 panel is, you should get some natural separation of layers as seen below: