User Guides

• The Main Menu has 9 modes. Each mode is either a solid color (m1), or a repeating pattern of fades and/or strobes (m2–m9).

• m1’s playlist contains 39 solid color options. To enter this playlist, find m1 and enter the playlist by holding the Arrow button and release once the LED pulses white.
• Tip: You can always return to m1 by using the Soft Reset function. To do a Soft Reset, turn off your Critter and hold the Power button until it turns on in m1.
  

• m2-m8 have playlists that store 8 presets. All of the presets within a playlist have the same pattern.
• For example, m2 is the Fade Mode and its playlist has 8 Fade Mode options.

• 30 presets.

Not only does the Rainbow Road have a playlist of 30 presets, it also has a really fun feature called Auto-play. What Auto-play does is tells the Critter to play each mode in the Rainbow Road for different amounts of time. Let’s jump in and check it out!

• Once you see the rainbow mode you will know you’ve reached the Rainbow Road.
• Again, to enter a mode hold the Arrow button until the LED pulses white and release.
• Now that we’re on the Rainbow Road, feel free to take a look around. These are some of our favorite presets that were created using the patterns from modes 2 through 8 and there’s some real gems in here.
• To activate Autoplay, press the Rocket button 2 times fast. 
• The first autoplay setting will play each preset for a quarter of a second.
• Repeat this step to autoplay each preset for 1, 15, or 30 seconds. 
• To exit autoplay, repeat the step for a 5th time, or exit to the Main Menu by holding the Power button until the LED pulses red and release.

• We are working on this now and it will be available soon.
• Please stay tuned on Instagram @antsonamelon and by email (sign-up at bottom of website) for the latest updates.

To activate Momentary Press

• Turn Critter on.
• Press Power button 3x fast.
• There is a yellow color indicator letting you know that Momentary Press is active and the LED will turn off.
• Hold the Power button to turn the LED on and let go to turn it off.

To deactivate Momentary Press

• Press Power button 3x fast.
• Yellow indicator will show again.

• Turn off Critter.
• Hold the Rocket button until Critter turns on with button LEDs turned off.
• Repeat to reverse.

• To switch between PWM and Analog, press the Rocket and Power buttons at the same time.
• PWM (best for light whipping) = white 1 sec.
• Analog (best for light painting) = red 1 sec.

• The RGB Critter includes our patent pending technology that allows the Critter to drive the LED using either Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) or Analog technologies. All other RGB LED flashlights drive their LED(s) using PWM, which creates unsaturated colors and an undesirable "strobing" effect that can clearly be seen in light paintings (long exposure photography).
• The main benefit to using the PWM option are the beautiful "tracers" (small flashes of different colors) that can be seen in our BitWhip® Fiber Optic Whip and Fyber Kit products, both of which are both made up of end-glow fiber optics.
• The RGB Critter's Analog option provides a direct electrical current to the LED, which results in the most pure and rich colors possible. If you are a light painter, there is no doubt that you need the option to drive the LED using an Analog signal so that you can create the most vibrant photos possible.

• Brightness Control
• Strobe Speed
• Accelerometer
• Sound Reactive

• Press the Arrow and Rocket buttons at the same time.
• The Critter will show white, red, green, then blue and the buttons will start blinking to let you know that the Settings are active.

• This means the Settings are active.
• The buttons will continue to blink until you exit Settings.

• The first Setting is Brightness Control.
• To go to the next Setting, press the Arrow button.

The Critter shows a specific color for 1 second to let you know which Setting is loading next.

• Brightness Control = white
• Strobe Speed = red
• Accelerometer = green
• Sound Reactive = blue

• Brightness Control and Strobe Speed are adjustable Settings.
• Adjust the levels of these Settings by pressing the Rocket button.
• There is no option to adjust the Accelerometer or Sound Reactive Settings.

• To save a Setting, hold the Rocket button until the LED pulses white 3x and turns off (next Setting loads).

• To exit Settings, hold the Power button and release once the LED pulses red.
• The Critter will only activate any saved Settings prior to exiting the Settings.

There are 2 options:

• Press the Arrow and Rocket buttons at the same time.
• Soft Reset (turn the Critter off and hold the Power button until it turns on in m1).

• Navigate to the mode m2–m8 you would like to customize and hold the Arrow button for 3 seconds, releasing when the LED turns solid white and the button LEDs start blinking.
• You are now in the programming sequence for this specific mode, and the button LEDs will continuously blink until you have successfully completed your customized preset.

• Exit to the Main Menu at any point by holding the Power button until the LED pulses red.

• Use the Arrow and Rocket buttons to explore the 39 color choices you can use to create your custom preset.
• To select and save a color, hold the Arrow button for 1.5 seconds until the LED flashes white to indicate your successful color selection.
• Repeat this step for up to 24 unique colors.
  

• To save your final color selections, hold the Rocket button for 1.5 seconds until the LED flashes white. You now have the ability to adjust the pattern speed of your mode.

• After you save your final color selection, it’s time to adjust the speed of your customized preset using the Arrow and Rocket buttons.

• Once the speed is set, hold the Power button for 3 seconds. The LED will pulse red 5x, then show a rainbow burst and the button LEDs will stop blinking to indicate that you successfully saved your customized preset.

• m1–m8 each contain 8 preset slots where you can store your customized presets. These preset slots were made available to you so that you can store additional customized presets that have the same patterns and can be stored together.
• When you save a customized preset, it will be saved to preset slot 1 of 8 for the corresponding mode used when entering the programming sequence.
• When a new customized preset is saved, the preset that was previously in slot 8 of 8 is deleted. You can prevent slot 8 of 8 from being deleted by planning ahead and deleting one of the previously saved presets before saving your new customized preset. This action will shift the preset in slot 8 of 8 to slot 7 so it won’t be deleted when a new preset is added.

• Navigate to the desired preset and hold the Power button for longer than 5 seconds, at which point the LED will blink red 3x to indicate that you have successfully deleted this preset.

• Any preset from m1–m8 can be sent to the Rainbow Road.
• To do so, navigate to your preset of choice and hold the Arrow button for 3 seconds, at which point you will see a rainbow burst indicator.
• This preset is now preset 1 of 30 in the Rainbow Road.
• The previous 30th preset has automatically been deleted.

Please follow these steps:

1. Enter Settings

• Press the Arrow and Rocket buttons at the same time.
• The Critter will show white, red, green, then blue and the buttons will start blinking to let you know that the Settings are active.

2. The first Setting is Brightness Control.

• Adjust the brightness level by pressing the Rocket button. There are 10 levels.

3. To save your brightness level.

• Hold the Rocket button until the LED pulses white 3x and turns off (Strobe Setting automatically loads next).

4. Exit Settings

• hold power button and release once the LED pulses red.

5. To deactivate any Setting (2 options):

• Press the Arrow and Rocket buttons at the same time.
• Soft Reset (turn the Critter off and hold the Power button until it turns on in m1).

1. m1’s playlist contains 39 solid color options. To enter this playlist, find m1 (see white mode below) and enter the playlist by holding the Arrow button and release once the LED pulses white.

Tip: You can always return to m1 by using the Soft Reset function. To do a Soft Reset, turn off your Critter and hold the Power button until it turns on in m1.

2. Enter settings = press the Arrow and Rocket buttons at the same time. The Critter will show white, red, green, then blue and the buttons will start blinking to let you know that the Settings are active.

3. The first setting is Brightness Control. Press the Arrow button to go to the next Setting which is Strobe Speed. The LED will show red, then start strobing.

Adjust the strobe speed by pressing the Rocket button. There are 10 levels.

4. To save your strobe speed, hold the Rocket button until the LED pulses white 3x and turns off (Accelerometer Setting automatically loads next).

5 Exit Settings = hold power button and release once the LED pulses red.

6. To deactivate any Setting, press the Arrow and Rocket buttons at the same time, or do a Soft Reset (turn the Critter off and hold the Power button until it turns on in m1).