N1GJB
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Does anyone have a good source for Lighting series control heads for an EF Johnson 5300? Ebay doesn’t seem to have any.
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Lighting control head availability?
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Your local dealer may have some new old stock but they will not be cheap.
There was a firmware released a while back to support the newer color control head used on the VM600/900 on the 5300ES. As far as I know those heads are still in production, and you can probably get one much more easily than a lightning. It will operate in a monochrome mode instead of full color like it does on a VM600, but it has the same buttons and knobs as a lightning head. The mic connector is different than the lightning, but I think you can purchase adapters to keep using your existing microphones.
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