Gen-3 hd digital technology day & night monocular 5-30x44 (17 pages)
Summary of Contents for LUNA OPTICS LN-G3-M50
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LN-G3-M50 GEN-3 QHD DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY DAY & NIGHT MONOCULAR 6-36x50 INSTRUCTION MANUAL SOFTWARE VERSION M8 V1.17A IMPORTANT: Please read this manual in its entirety prior to using this device!
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4. For more details on how to operate your viewer, please read this manual completely to ensure proper operation. YOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: 1. LN-G3-M50 Monocular 2. 16GB or 32GB Micro SD-card (installed into the SD-card slot) 3. Color Enhancing Filter (installed onto the front lens – daylight use only –...
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Please identify all the parts of the device PRIOR to operation! 11-a 11-b 11-c...
TURNING THE UNIT ON AND OFF: Your night vision unit has push-buttons. To turn the unit ON, press the POWER Button (4) and hold it for 3 seconds. The LED Power Indicator (10) located on the back of the unit will briefly light up in green color and then the image can be seen through the eyecup (8).
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OPERATING FROM A 5V/2A POWER BANK: BEST POWER OPTION Your digital viewer can also operate from the commonly available 5V USB Power Bank chargers. Please make sure the output of the Power Bank is at least 2A, as less powerful output may fail to power the unit especially when the IR illuminator is activated or during video recording / Wi-Fi connection.
MAIN MENU consists of the following selections: VIEW MODE: DAYTIME COLOR: this setting presents image in natural full color, best suited for daytime viewing and recording. B&W MONOCHROME: this setting presents the image in monochrome black and white color (preferred for virtually all nighttime settings) NV GREEN PHOSPHOR: this setting presents image in traditional night vision green color (good for certain nighttime field settings) NV WHITE PHOSPHOR: this setting presents image in traditional night...
FACTORY RESET: Cancel: Exit to main menu OK: Returns binocular to factory settings FORMAT CARD: Cancel: Exit to main menu Format Card: Formats micro-SD card (ALL FILES WILL BE ERASED!) LCD BRIGHTNESS: Allows user to select brightness of the OLED display level from 1 to 6. (NOTE: Also see page-9 for Image Button shortcut) DATE/TIME: Select when setting or updating date and time (see PAGE-11 for more...
power levels – each consecutive short-press increases the power by one level. The 4 short press turns the IR illuminator OFF. When power is ON, pressing for 3 seconds shuts the power OFF. CAMERA BUTTON (3) a) Short press activates still image capture. b) Long-press activates/deactivates Video recording.
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USING INFRARED ILLUMINATOR: Your digital viewer is equipped with a built-in powerful Infrared illuminator light (7). This light operates in a spectrum, which is normally invisible to a human eye, however with the help of the Image Sensor, located inside the unit, you will see a beam of light when looking though the ocular lens.
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must remove the daytime color filter during nighttime (once the filter is removed, the image colors will no longer have true reproduction). B&W Monochrome displays images in monochrome black and white. This mode is particularly useful when it might be important to read the street signs or automobile plates or similar situations where highest contrast between light and dark colors is necessary.
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IMPORTANT: when EIS is activated image Zoom will no longer be possible and system will be fixed on 6x optical magnification. If you must utilize Zoom, you will need to turn EIS off. TAKING PICTURES AND RECORDING VIDEOS: WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND MOUNTING YOUR DEVICE ONTO A STEADY TRIPOD WHEN RECORDING VIDEO OR TAKING STILL IMAGES –...
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5. HD 720P / 30FPS: best choice for smaller size video recording files. Allows for more video files to store on a memory card and still provides excellent image when viewed on 720p or higher resolution HDTV. IMPORTANT: once your micro-SD card reaches its capacity, video recording and still image taking will no longer be possible and “SD Card”...
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IMPORTANT: Please note that when the device is connected via HDMI to any video monitor or HDTV, it will be impossible to connect via Wi-Fi to the App during active video recording. If you wish to connect to the Wi-Fi App, you will need to discontinue video recording.
“Format Partition” (alternatively right-click on the highlighted disc and choose the same function). A pop-up window will appear. You can label your partition (such as “Luna Optics Monocular” or any other name you desire (it’s optional) and then make sure to select “FAT32”...
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