Night Optics D-112 Manuale utente

N

i

g

ht Vision Device

D-112 / 112M

G

U

ser’s guide

Ni

g

ht Optics USA, Inc

.

2

!

WARNIN

G

!

D

o no

t

opera

t

e

thi

s

d

ev

i

ce un

til

y

ou

a

r

e

fa

mili

a

r wi

t

h

t

h

e

co

n

te

n

ts

of

t

his manual. Kee

p

this manual in a

sa

f

e

p

lace

f

or

f

uture re

f

erence.

This Ni

g

ht Vision Device should

o

nl

y

be used durin

g

ni

g

ht or lo

w

light

con

diti

ons.

It

con

t

a

i

ns a

light

-

sensitive ima

g

e intensi

ﬁ

er tube

t

hat can be dama

g

ed if exposed to

excessive li

g

ht. To prolon

g

tube li

f

e

a

nd avoid dama

g

e, do not turn the

u

nit on in da

y

li

g

ht without the pro-

t

ec

ti

ve cover

.

This Ni

g

ht Vision Device is

e

q

ui

pp

ed with a built-in IR illumina-

t

or

th

a

t

can

b

e seen

by

o

th

er

Night

V

i

s

i

o

n D

e

vi

ces

wh

e

n i

t

i

s

tu

rn

ed

o

n.

Us

e thi

s

feature with

c

aution

.

This device will not show the di

f

-

f

erence between colored li

g

hts. It

produces onl

y

a

g

reen viewin

g

im-

ag

e. When color di

ff

erentiation is

needed

,

veri

ﬁ

cation with unaided

e

y

es is recommended

.

A

ll Ima

g

e Intensi

ﬁ

ed Devices re

-

quire some li

g

ht to operate such

a

s moonli

g

ht or ambient starli

g

ht.

Night

v

i

s

i

on

d

ev

i

ces w

ill

no

t

pen-

etrate smoke,

f

o

g

, rain, or heav

y

s

nowfall.

C

loud

c

over and tree

shadows will reduce the e

ff

ective

-

n

ess

of

t

hi

s

de

vi

ce

.

D

o not operate this Ni

g

ht Vision

D

ev

i

ce

i

n a po

t

en

ti

a

lly

exp

l

os

i

ve

environment near

g

asoline

f

umes

o

r other volatile material

s

. Thi

s

i

s

a

high

vo

lt

a

g

e e

l

ec

t

r

i

ca

l

d

ev

i

ce.

D

o not disassemble

,

puncture

,

re-

char

g

e, or expose the batter

y

to

ﬁ

re or hi

g

h temperature. Doin

g

so

m

a

y

result in an explosion and re

-

sultin

g

chemical burns. When the

device is not in o

p

eration

f

or a

p

ro-

l

on

g

ed period, remove the batter

y

f

rom the device and kee

p

it se

p

a

-

ra

t

e

ly

i

n a coo

l

an

d

r

y

p

l

ace.

3

C

ONTENTS

Technical

S

peci

ﬁ

cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

Description

Of

D-11

2

.

4

O

peratio

n

...........................

5

1. Batter

y

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

2.

Co

ntr

o

l

s

.

5

3

. Head Mount Attachment

(

optional on D-112,

s

tandard on D-112M

G)

.

6

4. Head Mount

C

ontrols

.............

7

L

ens

R

ep

l

acement

(

1x optional on D-112, 3x

optional on D-112M

G)

.

8

N

i

g

ht Vision Characteristics

...........

9

Mai

nt

e

n

a

n

ce

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

0

Troubleshootin

g

.

1

2

W

arrant

y

...........................

1

3

Limitations o

f

Liabilit

y

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

4

A

cceptance

C

erti

ﬁ

cat

e

.

1

5

T

E

C

HNI

C

AL SPE

C

IFI

C

ATIONS

I

ma

g

e Intensiﬁer

Ge

n

e

r

a

ti

o

n 1+

Resolution

(

Center

)

40 lp/mm mi

n

M

a

g

niﬁcation

3

.6x

(

1x optional

)

Lens S

y

stem

80

mm f1.

6

F

OV

1

5

º

@

1000

y

ards

@

1000 meters

860

’

262

meters

Ran

g

e of Focus 10’ to inﬁnit

y

3

m to in

ﬁ

nit

y

Detection Ran

g

e4

9

2’

150 meters

R

eco

g

n

i

t

i

on

R

an

g

e

330’

1

00

m

e

t

e

r

s

Diopter Adjustmen

t

+

4 t

o

-4

Wea

th

e

r R

es

i

s

t

a

n

t

Y

es

C

amera/Camcorder Ada

p

tabl

e

Y

es

I

R Ill

u

min

a

t

o

rY

es

Battery Type/Lif

e

C

R12

3

/

3

0 hours

Dim

e

n

s

i

o

n

s

7.5

”

x 1.9

”

x 2.9

”

191

mm x 4

8

mm x 74mm

W

ei

g

h

t

17

o

z

482 grams

O

peratin

g

Temperature -4

°

F to 11

3°

F

-2

0°C

t

o

+4

5°C

W

arrant

y

1 year

4

DES

C

RIPTION OF D-112

The D-112 has a black aluminum bod

y

(

1

)

. Permanentl

y

a

fﬁ

xed in this bod

y

are the IR illuminator

(

8

)

, ima

g

e intensi

ﬁ

er tube, batter

y

compartment

(

9

)

, and rear e

y

epiece lens assembl

y

(

4

)

. The

f

ront

l

ens

(

2

)

, e

y

ecup

(

6

)

, and hand strap

(

12

)

are removable from the unit.

1. Main Housing

2.

O

b

j

ective 3.6x 80mm

f

1.

6

3

.

O

bjective

f

ocus ring

4

.

Ey

e-p

i

ec

e

5

. Rubber e

y

ecup

6

. IR illuminator

7

.

B

atter

y

compartment

co

v

er

8

. Power

O

FF

/O

N

/

IR

s

w

i

t

ch

9

. P

o

w

e

r

O

N in

d

i

ca

t

o

r

10. Hand stra

p

11. BSP

(

Bri

g

ht Source

Protection

)

cut-o

ff

switc

h

5

OPERATION

1. Batter

y

Installation

!

WARNIN

G

!

Prior to installin

g

the batter

y

make

sure

th

a

t

d

a

y

ti

me pro

t

ec

ti

ve cover

is

ﬁ

tted

o

v

e

r

t

h

e

l

e

n

s

. Ex

cess

iv

e

l

i

g

ht can dama

g

e intensiﬁer module

a

n

d

vo

id

warran

ty

2. Controls

a.

O

N/

O

FF Switch

(

8

)

. Turn this switch clockwise

o

nce to turn the unit

O

N. Turn it counterclockwise

to turn the unit

O

FF.

C

heck the batter

y

f

or the

r

e

q

uired 3V current if the unit fails to turn on.

b

. IR illuminator operation

(

8

)

. IR illuminator is intend-

e

d for providin

g

additional illumination in especiall

y

dark conditions.

U

se this

f

eature with caution since

active IR illuminator can be seen b

y

other ni

g

ht

v

isio

n

de

v

ices

.

Tu

rn

s

w

i

t

ch

clock

w

ise

tw

ice

t

o

t

he

IR position. Rotate switch once counterclockwise to

the

O

N position to turn the IR illuminator

O

FF. IR

illuminator cannot be turned

O

N when the main unit

is turned

O

FF.

c

. Focusin

g

the ima

g

e. Lookin

g

at the ob

j

ect, ro-

tate the e

y

epiece

(

4

)

until the sharpest ima

g

e is

achieved. Ad

j

ust the

f

ront ob

j

ective

(

3

)

to achieve

the sharpest ima

g

e

f

or var

y

in

g

distances. Ad

j

ust

the e

y

epiece focus a

g

ain if needed.

O

nce the e

y

e-

piece is set

f

or

y

our e

y

esi

g

ht it does not need to

b

e re

f

ocused

f

or di

ff

erences in distance.

O

nl

y

f

ront

obj

ect

i

ve

h

as to

b

e a

dj

uste

d

i

n or

d

er to ac

hi

eve

m

a

xim

u

m r

eso

l

u

ti

o

n.

NOTE: The image will be seen onl

y

when the

o

bjective lens and e

y

epiece are properl

y

f

o-

c

used. The objective

f

ocus lens

f

ocuses on the

6

o

bjects at var

y

ing distances and e

y

epiece

f

ocus

adjusts to the individual e

y

esig

h

ments operate independentl

y

a

s

eparate

ly

3

. Head Mount Attachment

(o

112, standard on D-112MG

)

R

emove

d

ecorat

i

ve screw an

d

7

4

. Head Mount Control

s

The D-112 head mount is desi

g

ned to work with either le

f

t or ri

g

ht e

y

e dependin

g

on operator’s

p

reference.

D

-

112

D

-

112

8

LENS REPLA

C

EMENT

(1

X

O

PTI

O

NAL

O

N D-

112

,

3

X

O

PTI

O

NAL

O

N D-

112

M

G)

R

e

m

ove

3x 80mm

f1.6 ob

j

ective Rep

l

ace w

i

t

h

1x

27mm f1.2 ob

j

ectiv

e

9

NIGHT VISION

C

HARA

C

TERIS

-

T

I

CS

M

onochromatic Ima

ge

Nigh

t

Vi

s

i

on

D

ev

i

ces pro

d

uce a monoc

h

romat

i

c

ima

g

e. You will not be able to see an

y

di

ff

er-

e

ntiation between colors. In

p

articular, red and

g

reen

ligh

ts w

ill

b

ot

h

appear

g

reen.

T

a

k

e care to

veri

fy

color di

ff

erences with unaided vision. Ex-

e

rcise extreme caution when operatin

g

aircraft,

g

roun

d

ve

hi

c

l

es, or mar

i

ne vesse

l

s w

hil

e us

i

n

g

n

i

g

ht vision equipment.

Color Sensitivit

y

Nigh

t

Vi

s

i

on

D

ev

i

ces are more respons

i

ve to

r

ed and white li

g

hts than

g

reen and blue li

g

hts.

Because of this, distant red and white li

g

hts ma

y

appear c

l

oser t

h

an

g

reen or

bl

ue

ligh

ts.

E

xer-

c

ise extreme caution when usin

g

these li

g

hts

f

or

n

avi

g

ation. Periodicall

y

verif

y

the distances to

t

h

ese

ligh

ts w

i

t

h

y

our una

id

e

d

e

y

es.

E

xtreme Darkness

N

i

g

ht Vision Devices are effective under most

d

ar

k

con

di

t

i

ons

i

nc

l

u

di

n

g

overcast star

ligh

t.

The

y

are not practical in an extremel

y

dark en-

vir

o

nm

e

nt

suc

h

as

in

a

t

u

nn

e

l wh

e

r

e

th

e

r

e

i

s

n

o

n

atural ambient li

g

ht. Without su

fﬁ

cient ambient

l

i

g

ht, the operator ma

y

notice pinpoint-size spar-

kles

(

scintillation or noise

)

in the ima

g

e area.

These sparkles are small amounts o

f

ener

gy

g

enerated inside the ima

g

e intensi

ﬁ

er that strike

the

p

hos

p

hor screen and are an indication that

t

h

e

d

ev

i

ce

i

s wor

ki

n

g

.

Contrast Reversal

N

i

g

ht Vision Devices detect li

g

ht that cannot

be seen b

y

the human e

y

e. This li

g

ht is o

f

ten

r

e

f

erred to as bein

g

in the near-in

f

rared li

g

ht

s

pectrum. The existence of this li

g

ht and the

m

anner in which it re

ﬂ

ects is not normall

y

visible

to the naked e

y

e. For this reason, ob

j

ects that

n

ormall

y

appear li

g

hter than their surroundin

g

s

m

a

y

appear

d

ar

k

a

g

a

i

nst a

ligh

t

b

ac

kg

roun

d

.

I

n

addition, the output ima

g

e o

f

the Ni

g

ht Vision

Device is dependent on the reﬂective qualit

y

o

f

the ob

j

ects the operator sees in the viewin

g

area.

O

b

j

ects that appear li

g

ht durin

g

the da

y

but have a dull surface ma

y

appear duller when

viewed throu

g

h a Ni

g

ht Vision Device. All o

f

th

ese

fac

t

o

r

s

m

us

t

be

t

a

k

e

n int

o

accou

nt wh

e

n 1

0

u

tilizin

g

a Ni

g

ht Vision Device

f

or observation or

n

avi

g

ation purposes.

D

epth Perception

Nigh

t

Vi

s

i

on

d

oes not present norma

l

d

ept

h

p

erception. Use extreme caution when usin

g

a

N

i

g

ht Vision Device where reliance upon depth

p

ercept

i

on

i

s

i

mportant.

Fo

g

and Rai

n

N

i

g

ht Vision Devices are ver

y

responsive to

r

e

ﬂ

ected ambient li

g

ht; there

f

ore,

f

o

g

or heav

y

r

ain can re

ﬂ

ect too much li

g

ht toward the Ni

g

ht

V

ision Device and ma

y

seriousl

y

de

g

rade its

p

er

f

ormance.

Hone

y

comb

This is a faint hexa

g

onal pattern throu

g

hout

the ima

g

e area. This e

ff

ect is more noticeable

u

nder hi

g

h li

g

ht conditions. Do not be concerned

- the hone

y

comb effect is an inherent character-

istic o

f

all hi

g

h-ampli

ﬁ

cation ni

g

ht vision s

y

stems

that incorporate a microchannel plate in the

int

e

n

s

iﬁ

e

r

.

Black S

p

ot

s

These are cosmetic blemishes in the ima

g

e

intensiﬁer. The

y

do not affect the performance

or reliabilit

y

o

f

a ni

g

ht vision device and a num-

ber o

f

sizes are inherent in the manu

f

acturin

g

p

rocess.

Ima

g

e Intensiﬁer Lif

e

N

i

g

ht Vision Devices are desi

g

ned to be robust.

The ima

g

e intensiﬁer tube, however, does not

h

ave an unlimited li

f

etime. The li

f

e o

f

the ima

g

e

intensi

ﬁ

er is dependent upon the amount o

f

u

se. Under normal operatin

g

conditions, it will

p

rovide reliable per

f

ormance

f

or an extended

p

eriod o

f

time.

M

AINTENAN

C

E

O

p

tic

s

A

lwa

y

s clean the optics with a suitable optical

c

leanin

g

cloth. Do not use deter

g

ents or exces-

s

ive moisture to clean an

y

part o

f

the Ni

g

ht Vi-

s

i

o

n D

e

vi

ce

.

Batter

y

/Batter

y

Compartment

A

n

y

Ni

g

ht Vision Device that is to be stored

f

or a

l

on

g

or undetermined amount o

f

time must have

th

e

ba

tt

e

ri

es

r

e

m

o

v

ed

.

1

M

o

i

stur

e

The Ni

g

ht Vision Device is water resistant. No

warranties or

g

uarantees appl

y

to a Ni

g

ht Vision

D

ev

i

ce t

h

at

h

as

b

een su

b

mer

g

e

d

i

n water.

T

a

k

e

g

reat care when usin

g

an

y

ni

g

ht vision in a wet

e

nvironment as the ima

g

e intensiﬁer tube is

se

n

si

t

i

v

e

t

o

m

ois

t

u

r

e

.

S

alt Water

I

f the Ni

g

ht Vision Device is exposed to a salt

water environment, wipe it o

ff

with a clean cloth

s

li

g

htl

y

dampened with

f

resh water and dr

y

it

thorou

g

hl

y

. Take special care of the optics as

no

t

ed

abo

v

e

.

Sunli

g

h

t

N

i

g

ht Vision is sensitive to li

g

ht and must be

s

tored awa

y

f

rom direct contact with bri

g

ht li

g

ht

s

ources o

f

an

y

kind.

!

WARNIN

G

!

I

m

p

ro

p

er care or unau

th

or

i

ze

d

m

aintenance can dama

g

e device

a

nd ma

y

result in warrant

y

nulliﬁ

-

ca

ti

on.

1

2

T

RO

U

BLESHOOTING

Sy

mptom

P

r

obab

l

e

Cause

Co

rr

ec

tiv

e

A

c

ti

o

n

No visible Ima

g

e

a

.

O

b

j

ective lens cap not been removed.

b

.

B

atter

y

cover

i

s

l

oose.

c

. Incorrect batter

y

polarit

y

d. Weak batter

y

a. Remove cap

b

.

Tigh

ten cover

c

. Re-insert batter

y

d. Replace batter

y

I

ma

g

e

ﬂ

ickers,

ﬂ

ashes, or clickin

g

is hear

d

a

. Normal

f

or new batter

y

to cause this

f

or

ﬁr

s

t ﬁv

e

min

u

t

es

.

a

. I

f

co

n

d

iti

o

n

co

ntin

ues

co

nt

ac

t m

a

n

ufac

-

t

u

r

e

r f

o

r

se

rvi

ce

in

s

tr

uc

ti

o

n

s

D

ar

k

spots on screen

a

.

C

osmetic blemishes. Normal

f

or this

technology

.

a.

A

ccepta

bl

e as

l

on

g

as

i

t

d

oes not

i

nter-

fere with o

p

eration of the device

I

ma

g

e not c

l

ear

a

.

F

ocus

i

s not a

dj

uste

d

.

b. Too close to objec

t

a. Ad

j

ust

f

ocus

b. Increase viewing distance.

Fi

xe

d

pattern no

i

se.

(honeycomb)

a

.

C

osmetic blemishes caused b

y

too

mac

h ill

u

min

a

ti

o

n. a.

A

ccepta

bl

e as

l

on

g

as tar

g

et reso

l

ut

i

on

ca

n

be

r

eso

lv

ed

.

P

a

tt

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rn

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f

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rk thin lin

es

(

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a

. N

o

rm

a

l

u

n

de

r w

o

r

s

t

co

n

d

iti

o

n

s

. Th

ese

lines will

f

orm hexa

g

onal or square wave-

sha

v

ed

li

n

es

.

a. Acceptable as long as it does not inter-

f

ere with operation o

f

the device

I

ma

g

e dimmer than usual.

a

. W

ea

k

ba

tt

e

ri

es

b

.

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w n

a

t

u

r

al

illu

m

i

n

a

t

io

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le

v

el

.a. Replace the batteries.

b

.

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rn

o

n

IR

illu

m

i

n

a

t

o

r.

1

3

WARRANTY

The D-112 is covered b

y

a limited 1

y

ear warrant

y

f

rom time o

f

sale. The warrant

y

is valid onl

y

f

or

the ori

g

inal purchaser.

The manufacturer warrants its products to be free from defects in material and workmanship durin

g

the warrant

y

period. I

f

the product proves to be de

f

ective durin

g

this period, the manu

f

acturer will

r

epair the ori

g

inal product or replace it with a like product at the sole discretion o

f

the manu

f

acturer.

This limited warrant

y

does not cover:

1. An

y

product on which the serial number has been defaced, modiﬁed, or removed

.

2. An

y

product that has experienced deterioration or a malfunction from: accidents, misuse, ne

g

lect, ﬁre, water,

l

i

g

htin

g

or other acts o

f

nature, unauthorized product modi

ﬁ

cation or

f

ailure to

f

ollow instructions supplied with

the product, repair or attempted repair b

y

an

y

one not authorized to do so, use of supplies or parts not meetin

g

manufacturer’s speciﬁcations, normal wear and tear, and/or extreme wear and tear caused b

y

battleﬁeld con-

d

iti

o

n

s

o

r

o

th

e

r

e

xtr

e

m

e

nvir

o

nm

e

nt

s

.

C

ustomer is hereb

y

noti

ﬁ

ed that operation o

f

this device durin

g

da

y

li

g

ht hours or under excessive

l

i

g

ht conditions ma

y

permanentl

y

dama

g

e internal components and said dama

g

e will not be cov-

e

re

d

un

d

er t

hi

s warrant

y

.

N

o other warranties, expressed or implied, are valid without an a

g

reement in writin

g

provided b

y

the

ma

n

u

f

ac

t

u

r

e

r.

A

ll shippin

g

involved in warrant

y

work

/

replacement is the sole responsibilit

y

o

f

the purchaser.

1

5

A

CC

EPTAN

C

E

C

ERTIFI

C

ATE

N

i

g

ht Vision Device D-112 con

f

orms to manu-

f

acturer’s speci

ﬁ

cations.

S

erial

#

___________________

Date of Sale ___________________

S

i

g

nature: ___________________

1

4

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

N

i

g

ht

O

ptics U

S

A, Inc. will not be liable

f

or

an

y

claims, actions, suits, proceedin

g

s, costs,

e

xpenses, dama

g

es or liabilities arisin

g

out of

the use o

f

this product.

O

peration and use o

f

this product are the sole responsibilit

y

o

f

the

Customer. Ni

g

ht

O

ptics USA, Inc.’s sole re-

s

pons

ibili

t

y

i

s

li

m

i

te

d

to prov

idi

n

g

t

h

e pro

d

ucts

a

n

d

se

rvi

ce

ou

tlin

ed

h

e

r

e

in in

acco

r

da

n

ce

with

the terms and conditions of this A

g

reement.

The provision o

f

products sold and services

p

er

f

ormed b

y

Ni

g

ht

O

ptics U

S

A, Inc. to the

Customer shall not be interpreted, construed, or

r

e

g

ar

d

e

d

, e

i

t

h

er express

ly

or

i

mp

li

e

d

, as

b

e

i

n

g

f

or the bene

ﬁ

t or creatin

g

an

y

obli

g

ation toward

an

y

third part

y

of le

g

al entit

y

outside Ni

g

ht

O

p-

tics U

S

A, Inc. and

C

ustomer; Ni

g

ht

O

ptics U

S

A,

I

nc.

’

s obli

g

ations under this A

g

reement extend

s

olel

y

to the Customer. Ni

g

ht

O

ptics USA, Inc.’s

l

iabilit

y

hereunder

f

or dama

g

es, re

g

ardless o

f

the

f

orm or action, shall not exceed the

f

ees or

other char

g

es paid to Ni

g

ht

O

ptics USA, Inc. b

y

the

C

ustomer or the

C

ustomer’s dealer. Ni

g

ht

O

ptics U

S

A, Inc. shall not, in an

y

event, be

l

iable

f

or special, indirect, incidental, or conse-

q

uential dama

g

es, includin

g

, but not limited to,

l

ost income, lost revenue, or lost

p

roﬁt, whether

s

uch dama

g

es were

f

oreseeable or not at the

time o

f

purchase, and whether or not such dam-

a

g

es arise out of breach of warrant

y

, a breach

o

f

a

g

reement, ne

g

li

g

ence, strict liabilit

y

, or an

y

other theor

y

o

f

liabilit

y.

NIGHT OPTICS USA, INC.

5122 Bolsa Ave. Suite 101 Tel: (714) 899-4475

Huntington Beach, CA 92649 Fax:(714) 899-4485

USA www.nightoptics.com

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