Telescope1 TS series Thermal Imager Instruction Manual

Telescope1 TS series Thermal Imager

Publisher s Note

• This Operation & Maintenance Manual provides detailed information on the operation method and precautions of the thermal imager. In order to safeguard the personal safety of operators, reasonably and effectively maintain and use the thermal imager, and guarantee the normal service life of the thermal imager, please carefully read and strictly obey the following operation specifications before using the thermal imager.
• Before the publication of a new manual, the operation and maintenance of light thermal imagers shall be subject to this Operation & Maintenance Manual, and other materials are for reference only.
• In case of any problem found in the use of the product, please contact us as soon as possible for further study and modification.

Warning

• Do not directly expose the thermal imager to high-intensity radiation sources such as the sun, carbon dioxide laser, and electric welding machine.
• As the thermal imager combines precision optical instruments and electrostatically sensitive electronic devices, do not throw, beat, or vibrate the thermal imager and its accessories at will to avoid deformation of structural members or installation dimensions.
• Do not disassemble the thermal imager by yourself. Contact the manufacturer in case of failure. Otherwise, we are not responsible for warranty repair.
• When the thermal imager is not used or during transportation, take batteries out, and put the thermal imager in a protective packing case.
• Replace the battery duly when the battery capacity is low during use to avoid damage to it due to over-discharge.
• Service environment beyond this manual may damage the thermal imager. Notes 1
• To clean non-optical surfaces of the thermal imager, do not scrub with chemical solvent or diluent, and wipe the shell with a piece of clean, soft, and dry flannel.
• As a layer of anti-reflection film is coated on the infrared lens of the thermal imager, cleaning is required only when there is an obvious dirty, scrubbing the lens frequently may damage the coating of the lens. Avoid touching the surface of the lens as acid materials on the skin left by the fingerprint will damage the surfaces of the coating and lens. Use only a special lens cloth to clean the lens.
• After observation or when the target is not observed for a long period after power-on, power the thermal imager off in time to prolong its effective utilization time.

Notes

• Install the battery of the thermal imager positively or negatively without a positive and negative difference.
• Before disassembling the battery, make sure that the thermal imager is powered off. Otherwise, the thermal imager will be seriously damaged if the battery compartment is uncovered to disassemble the battery when the thermal imager is powered on.
• Before the thermal imager is first used, make sure to charge batteries for at least Sh.
• Use auxiliary batteries of the thermal imager.
• Do not disassemble, throw up, or short-circuit batteries to prevent any accident.
• Immediately stop using batteries with overheating, discoloration, deformation,

smell or other abnormal phenomena during use, charging, and storage.

Notes

• After restoring the factory, all zeroing data will be lost, need to zero anew.
• Before performing scene calibration, make sure that the lens cover is closed or the lens is evenly aligned;

Operation Manual

Main Performance and Technical Parameters

Packing list

Use and operation

Parts of thermal imager

Battery installation
The thermal imager uses a single 18650 battery which shall be installed in the following:

Button functions

Power-on/off
Power-on
Long press the power button until a startup picture is displayed on the eyepiece screen, and start the thermal imager.

Display off
Long press the power button to display a ‘shutdown progress bar’ on the eyepiece screen, before completing the shutdown progress, release the power button, it goes into display off mode, and then the screen off. In the state, press any button to display on.
Power-off
Long press the power button to display a “shutdown progress bar’ on the eyepiece screen, after completion of the shutdown progress, release the power button, and power off.
Image interface
Image interface of the thermal imager without operation,

• Image interface of the thermal imager with the key operation,

Function menu

• Press the hand wheel to pop up the function menu in the image left, and carry out all thermal imager-functional operations in the menu.
• Enter the menu: Press the hand wheel to pop up the function menu.
• Exit the menu: Select ‘Exit’ in the menu top, and press the hand wheel to exit the function menu.
• Selection function: Rotate the hand wheel to select the box, and then select such a function.
• Enter function: Press the hand wheel to enter such function adjustment.

Status bar

It is below the image and displays the current model, palette, and electric quantity status.

Image adjustment

Calibration

During the use of the thermal imager, devices of the thermal imager will go hot after a long operation, which may cause snow, jitter, strip, etc. in infrared images, thus influencing the watch experience. The user can choose the calibration mode to correct images according to the demand, and remove abnormalities.
In the scene or shutter calibration mode, short press the power button to correct, and it will display ‘Calibration completed’ on the screen, calibration completed.

In the auto-calibration mode, the device automatically corrects the image quality without any action.
Zoom in
There are many optional zoom-in modes: 1X, 2X, 4X, and PIP. The position of PIP is adjustable, see the ‘PIP’ chapter for details.

Operation procedure

When the menu bar is not displayed, rotate the hand wheel up/down to switch zoom-in modes, and the reticle line is synchronized to zoom in.

• 1X: The main screen is displayed in the original size.

• 2X: The central cursor area of the image is zoomed to 2 times with full screen.

• 4X: The central cursor area of the image is zoomed to 4 times with full screen.

PIP: The main screen displays the original screen; images magnified by a factor of two are displayed in the window above the screen.

Palette

• The thermal imager is set with many image colors for users to select, that is white hot, black hot, red hot!, red hot2, red hot3, green hot, and blue hot.
• Through palette adjustment, infrared images can be displayed with different colors, which is convenient for users to observe and identify targets.

Brightness

• The thermal imager is set with 1-10 levels of image brightness for adjustment, and the levels of brightness 1-10 are from the darkest to the brightest.
• Users can select corresponding brightness according to their watch habits and the current environment.

Contrast

• The thermal imager is set with 1-10 levels of image contrast for adjustment, and the levels of contrast 1-10 are from the darkest to the brightest.
• Users can select corresponding contrasts according to their watch habits and the current environment.

Ranging
The ranging function can estimate the distance of a target by a known target distance. Three examples of targets are available on the device as a reference: 0.25m, 0.5m, 1.8m, and real-time display of distance information of the three animals.
Operation procedure

1. Press the hand wheel, enter the menu, rotate the hand wheel, select the ‘Ranging’ in the box, and press the hand wheel to enter the ranging function;

2. Align the lower horizontal line with the bottom of the target image, and rotate the hand wheel up/down to change the width between the upper and lower horizontal lines until the upper horizontal line is aligned with the top of the target icon.
   At this time, the distance can be calculated and displayed automatically.

3. By comparing the target size with the three reference animal sizes, the user can roughly calculate the distance of the target.

Zeroing

• Since the thermal imager is assembled on different equipment, the zero position will be different. When the equipment equipped with a thermal imager is changed for the first time, the thermal imager must be subject to zero calibration.
• ‘Model select’ before zero calibration. After position storage is completed for the current zero calibration, the zero calibration will be automatically stored in the selected model.
• For each model, one zero calibration position can be stored. The thermal imager can at most store zero calibration positions of 6 models. The zero calibration distance of the thermal imager is defaulted to be 100m. Users may select the zero calibration distance according to their field conditions.
• Principle of zero calibration of thermal imager: the aiming point on the reticle line is moved to the actual point of impact according to its position to complete calibration.
• Enter the “advanced’ menu – select ‘model select’ – return to the main menu – select ‘zeroing’ – enter the zero calibration interface – select “zeroing distance’ – shoot – move the cursor aiming point to the actual point of impact — save and exit.

Operation procedure

1. Short press the menu, enter the menu, rotate the hand wheel to select ‘advanced’, press the hand wheel to enter “advanced menu’, rotate the hand wheel, select “model select’, complete model selection, select Return to return to main menu;
2. Rotate the hand wheel, select zeroing;
3. Short press the hand wheel, enter the zero calibration distance selection;
4. Aim the expected point of impact with the center of the reticle line, shoot, and calculate the relative distance from the actual point of impact to the expected hit point.
5. Select the “X” or “y” direction according to the relative distance, and move the aiming point in the center of the reticle line to the actual point of impact;
   • Rotate the hand wheel, and select the “X” or “y” direction in the box, and press the hand wheel to enter adjustment;
   • Rotate the hand wheel, move the aiming point in the center of the reticle line to the actual point of impact;
6. Aim at the expected hit point with the aim line adjusted, and shoot. Adjust the position of the reticle line in the image again according to the actual point of impact till hitting the expected hit point;
7. Complete zero calibration, select save, and exit to exit zero calibration. If do not want to store the zero calibration position, see exit without saving, exit zero calibration.

Advanced
Enter the ‘advanced’ menu, to facilitate the browsing of the reticle line style, the reticle line is automatically adjusted to the center of the screen. When you exit this menu, the reticle line is restored to its original position.

Model Select

• The thermal imager can at most store zeroing positions of 6 models. If the user has stored zero calibration positions of several models, after the equipment equipped with the thermal imager is replaced, please select the model of the current equipment, the thermal imager will automatically adapt the aim line position to the current model, to ensure better observing and aiming accuracy.
• Enter the ‘advanced’ menu – select ‘model select’ – select model – exit menu.

Reticle type

• The thermal imager is set with 10 reticle lines for selection. The thermal imager displays the “I’ reticle line by default.
• Enter the advanced menu, select ‘reticle type’, select ‘1-10 kinds’, and ‘none’ of the reticle line, then the reticle line will be displayed in the center of the image. After zero calibration, the user can use the center of the reticle line to observe and aim. 10 types of reticle lines as shown:

Reticle Color

• The thermal imager is set with black and white for selection.
• Enter the ‘advanced’ menu – select ‘Reticle color’ – select color – exit menu.

Setting

• Enter the ‘setting ‘ menu, the reticle line is hidden. When you exit this menu, the reticle line is displayed.

Calibration mode

• The thermal imager can be set with different calibration modes, automatic calibration, scene calibration, and shutter calibration.
• In scene and shutter calibration, you need to exit the menu bar and short-press the power button to perform the calibration action.
• Auto: The device automatically corrects the image quality without any action.
• Scene: The user manually corrects the image quality as needed, and the lens cover needs to be attached before calibration.
• Shutter: The user manually corrects the image quality as needed, and the device shutter closes for calibration.

PIP

• In the zoom-in mode, the position of the PIP window can be adjusted. The available positions are: left, middle, and right. You can also control the PIP window to close.
• When the PIP window is off, the zoom mode is lX, 2X, 4X cycle switching; When the PIP window is on, the zoom mode is PIP, 2X, 4X cycle switching.

Hot track

• When the hot track is on, the tracking box will track the area at the highest temperature in the image.

Screen BRI

• Users can adjust the screen brightness. Enter the ‘screen BRI – to adjust the screen brightness.

Auto OFF

• Users can set the auto power off time: Off, 15min, 30min, and 60min for selection, If there is no operation in the setting time, power off.

Reset

• By entering ‘setting’ —— ‘reset’, users can restore the thermal imager to the factory setting.

Battery tip

• A battery tip icon is arranged at the bottom right corner of the screen. The battery tip icon is shown in the following table.

Common Fault Analysis and Troubleshooting

If your instrument goes wrong, please check the common faults shown in the following table. If your instrument is not caused by the following fault causes, please contact our company as soon as possible.

the battery is put in the opposite direction
Are batteries charged sufficiently?| Take the battery out for charging
Is the battery cover screwed up?| Screw up the lens cover
After startup, image quality is poor and the image is blurring| The lens is not focused| Rotate the lens focusing ring till that image becomes clear
The image has a bright line, black edge, or blurred screen phenomenon| The image needs to be corrected| Do shutter/ calibration
Image is blurring| The lens is not focused| Rotate the lens focusing ring till
 |  | that image becomes clear
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Infrared lens is polluted| Use a special lens cloth to clean the lens
Different distance is observed| The lens is not focused| Rotate the lens focusing ring till that image becomes clear
The interface is not clear| eyepiece’s visibility is not proper| Adjust the visibility based on the Manual
Thermal imager, during use, shuts down suddenly|

The battery cover becomes loose

|

Screw up the battery compartment cover

Targeting is still unsuccessful after multiple times of calibration| The initial position of the aim line does not return to zero|

Adjust the initial position of the aim line to “0”

Precision reduces obviously during use| The connecting base becomes loose| Check to see whether the connecting base is completely locked

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