Luna Optics LN-NVM5 User Manual

LN-NVM3 /LN-NVM5

VIDE-VIEW NIGHT VISION MONOCULAR

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing a quality LUNA OPTICS® product. With proper care and
maintenance your device will provide many hours of operation and outstanding
reliability. Please read this manual – it is your key to enjoying this exciting and
hi-tech product!

NIGHT VISION

Without getting too technical and confusing, let’s try to understand how this

device works and what it can and cannot do:

1. Your night vision device works on the principle of amplifying
(intensifying) available light. The process is called light amplification. A
special tube inside the device does the job – all you have to do is to power
the device on and the tube starts amplifying whatever the light is available at
the moment – therefore it is important to understand that this device is not
suitable for daylight operation, since there is already enough light available
during daytime to see without any additional help. Therefore, the first and

most important rule of any night vision device is – never use it during
daylight, or in any bright light condition, which allows you to see well
with your naked eyes!

2. Your night vision device operates with batteries. Unlike a daylight

binocular, where you see the image due to light traveling through the glass

and the prisms, the night vision device works by projecting the amplified

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image onto a screen. While the tube is the crucial component of any night
vision device, the optical parts of the unit are also very important, as they
gather the light into the tube and bring the projected image to your eye.
Since the image is projected on the screen, just like any TV, it has certain
limited resolution…so please do not expect your night vision device to provide
the same crystal clear image, as you see through your daylight binoculars –
after all, you are using this device in the dark environment, where normally
your vision would be very limited…oh, and another important point – all night
vision devices have green monochrome image – why green? Because human
eye can distinct most details of the viewing image when presented in green

color…other colors do not show you everything…

3. Another very important notice – since your night vision device amplifies

available light hundreds of times – please be sure not to turn the unit on during
daylight or in a well-lit room – the image will be way too bright for your
comfortable viewing and it also may permanently burn the tube inside the unit
and will surely void your warranty. Please note that for the safety of this
device it has lens covers with a little pinhole – to test the unit during daytime
when you bring your newly bought unit home, or in the shop before you buy it.
Please keep these lens covers on during daytime – even if the unit is turned off.

INFRARED ILLUMINATOR

Your night vision monocular is equipped with a built-in Infrared illuminator light
(7). This light operates in a spectrum, which is normally invisible to a human
eye, however with the help of the tube, located inside the unit, you will see a
beam of light when looking though the ocular lens. This Infrared light is here to
assist you in especially dark conditions, where there is not enough light for the
tube to amplify.

OPERATION:

Now that we’ve covered some of the basics of the technology behind the night
vision, let’s learn how to operate your new device:

LN-NVM3 / LN-NVM5 NIGHT VISION MONOCULAR GLOSSARY