Fenix P2dD CE Question

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I just received a fenix P2D and I don't understand how to operate it. The Instructions say that you fully depress the button to turn the light on, then a light press will switch brightness levels. When I try to do that it switches from constant power to strobe effect. When I turn the bezel to adjust it, it does the same thing. I can only switch from constant high power to high power strobe, I can't seem to access low power output. Am I doing something wrong?
 
Vivi: make sure you are turning the bezel (i.e., the end of the light with the lens); thats what controls whether you are in low-med-high mode, or turbo-strobe mode. Hope that makes sense. Not sure if that addresses your prob, but try it and report back.

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Vivi said:
I just received a fenix P2D and I don't understand how to operate it. The Instructions say that you fully depress the button to turn the light on, then a light press will switch brightness levels. When I try to do that it switches from constant power to strobe effect. When I turn the bezel to adjust it, it does the same thing. I can only switch from constant high power to high power strobe, I can't seem to access low power output. Am I doing something wrong?
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loosen the bezel a little bit for the lower power and tighten it for the higher output
 
That seemed to help. It still doesn't seem to have as wide of a range as the youtube demo I saw but it's working better for me now. Thanks.
 
you have to play with the switch to get used to it
push it slowly and deliberately
i think there is four levels including the strobe
 
I get a gradual dimming as I loosen the light-end bezel, and adjusting the other bezel where you'd unscrew the cap to replace the battery, or doing light taps to the button only switches from constant to strobe. I haven't seen the light output go from distinct levels of super high, high, medium, low for example. I feel like I'm probably doing something wrong still.
 
if you have the bezel slightly loosened there is three output levels then the SOS strobe
with it tightened it is just one level then the emergency strobe
 
buckman#10 said:
if you have the bezel slightly loosened there is three output levels then the SOS strobe
with it tightened it is just one level then the emergency strobe
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Awesome, that worked perfectly. I really like this light, even the lowest power setting outperforms my Inova AA light I used to EDC off and on. This one is more comfortable in the pocket too.
 
I had to get the Canadian importer to show me as I had the same problem.

With the light off, turn the bezel clockwise to full power. Turn the light on and turn the bezel anti-clockwize to go to half power. Now press the button once to go to half power and again to low power, press again to go to SOS mode (... --- ...). The SOS mode will last for one month continuous use.

In full power mode or half power mode, pressing the switch at half pressure will go to strobe.

The P2D out-performs the Surefire for both performance and cost.
 
Hmm, it was just working fine. Now if I try to do what Andrew Taylor just described, it stays on the highest power setting. If I have the light on or off with the bezel tightened all the way, then loosen it to go to lower power settings, it just stays on max power until I have the bezel completely unscrewed.

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Let me make sure I understand. I tighten it all the way to max power. Then unscrew the bezel and it should switch to a lower power setting? Because I try to loosen the bezel and it stays at max, whether I leave it turned on, or turn it off, or leave it on then unscrew it some and try hitting the button. Either way nothing I'm doing is getting it to go to anything but max power and max power strobe?
 
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