ATN Mars 2 Operator's Manual page 4

EqUIpMENT lIMITATIONS
to avoid injuries and equipment damage from using the atn Mars
series, carefully read and consider the following equipment limita-
tions.
• The equipment requires some night light (moonlight, starlight,
etc.) to operate. the level of equipment performance depends
upon the level of light.
• Night light reduces by passing through the clouds, while oper-
ating under trees, under the shadows of houses, etc.
• The device results less effective in peering into shadows and
other darkened areas.
• The device results less effective in viewing through rain, fog,
sleet, snow or smoke.
• The equipment will not "see" through the dense smoke.
• Its protection system, cuts off the image intensifier when ambi-
ent light level continues exceeding of 40 lux for the following 10
seconds.
• Under starlight conditions low contrast environments (such as
snow-covered territory, sandy deserts, large bodies of water or
grassy hills) degrade visibility thereby disguising or masking
changes in terrain.
• Under too low-light conditions the scope looses some of the
resolution that it has under full moon.
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