Pacific Image Electronics Glite T8 User manual

User Manual
Glite T8
Pacific Image Electronics
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» Amber Filter (in box)
» Black shading plate (in box)
Glite T8
Front
» Upper lid
» USB 2.0
» LCD Screen
» Power switch
» Light source switch
USB 2.0
Light source switch
Power switch
LCD Screen
Upper lid
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Back
» DC power jack
» USB 2.0
» HDMI
USB 2.0
DC power jack
Interior
» Gel shooting area
» Upper lid sensor
Gel shooting area
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HDMI
Upper lid sensor
Amber Filter

Install & use
1. Remove all fixing tape.
2. Place the Glite T8 on a flat table.
3. Connect the power supply.
4. Press the power switch.
5. Insert the USB flash drive into the USB2.0 port on the front.
6. Put the gel into gel shooting area.
7. Adjust the image exposure value to a satisfactory condition
and press the button to take a photo.
8. Press “Save” to save the photo & result to USB
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Interface description
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Main screen
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①Capture
②Exposure
③B/G & WL epi, WL back
④Continuous Capture
⑤Setting
⑥Image Viewer

①Capture
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①Capture is the button
that allows you to take
photos and capture the
gel imaging screen.
①

①Capture
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Click Capture, and after
loading ends, you will be
redirected to the setting
screen after shooting.
Rename –Can be renamed
Negative –Can be adjusted to
invert effect
Delete –Delete this result
Save –Save this result
Delete all –Delete all results
Save all –Save all results
Return –Back to the main
screen

②Exposure
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②Exposure allows
users to adjust the
exposure level.
Range: -10 to +10
②

③B/G & WL epi, WL back
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③B/G is to adjusted to
Cyan's light source using
the switch on the front of
the device.
WL epi, WL back is to
adjusted to White by the
switch on the front of the
device, and it has two
modes: front light and
backlight
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← ※Notice: Click once to initiate the light source, and
the background of the button would be white.

④Continuous Capture
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④Continuous Capture is
the exposure value that
can continuously shoot
screens from -10 to +10.
After clicking, the
following screen will
appear
④

⑤Setting
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⑤Setting contains a variety
of different settings (see
next page)
⑤

⑤Setting
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Update S/W –Plug in the USB to
update the software
Sleep –Sleep time can be set (as
shown below)

⑤Setting
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Date/Time –Set the date and time
(as shown below)
Mouse –You can connect a mouse to
the USB port for operation

⑤Setting
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Save Format –Optional storage
image format (as shown below)

⑤Setting
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Color Type –Choose Color or Gray
(as shown below)

⑤Setting
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Language –English or Chinese

⑥Image Viewer
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⑥Image Viewer allows
you to browse the
previously analyzed
images, please refer to
the explanation on p8
for the screen.
⑥

Cyan Dye Gel
1. Lift up the upper lid.
2. Slide the black shading plate (with the flannel side
outward) into the rail to cover the white backlight
plate of the upper cover.
3. Close the upper lid (if you need to open the cover to
cut gel, observe or adjust the position, please use the
amber filter, as shown in the right picture, see p23).
4. Switch the light source to Cyan.
5. Press the Capture button and the Loading icon will
appear on the LCD panel.
The gel shooting process is complete.
To shoot fluorescent film images, please slide the black
shading plate (with the flannel side outwards) into the rail to
cover the white backlight plate of the upper cover to avoid
reflections.
Black shading plate
White backlight
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Use a white light source to shoot WESTERN BLOT/ and color gel film:
1. Shooting HRP/DAP WESTERN BLOT with WL epi
1. Slide the black shading plate (with the flannel side outward) into the rail to cover the
white backlight plate of the upper cover.
2. Close the upper lid.
3. Switch the light source to the White position.
4. Set "WL epi" on the main screen.
5. Press the Capture key.
2. Use WL back to shoot SDS-PAGE gel with coomassie blue dye
1. Pull out the black shading plate, do not cover the white backlight plate of the upper lid.
2. Close the upper lid.
3. Switch the light source to the White position.
4. Set "WL back" on the main screen.
5. Press the Capture key.
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