Bushnell COMPACT 800 - Manual

Y A R D A G E P R O

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Your YA RD AG E PR O

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CO M PACT 8 0 0 is a p re c i s i on in str ument

de si gne d to p rov ide m any y ear s o f enj o ym ent . Thi s bo okl et wi ll hel p yo u a chi ev e opt im u m
p e rf or ma n ce by expl ain in g i t s ad jus tm en ts a nd feat ur es a s we ll as h ow to ca re for t hi s fine
i n st r ument. To en sur e opt im al pe rf orma n ce and l o n g e v i t y, pleas e r ead t hese inst ru cti ons b efor e
us ing you r YA RD AG E P RO

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C OM PAC T 80 0 .

I N T R O D U C T I O N

Th e YA RD AG E PR O

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CO M PAC T 80 0 e mi ts in vis ible , ey esa f e,

i nfrar ed en erg y puls es . So phisti cat ed ci rcui t ry and a hi gh s peed cl ock a re us ed to inst a nta n e o u s l y
c alc ulat e dis tances , by m eas uri ng t he t ime it ta kes f or ea ch pu lse t o tra vel f r om t he ra ng efind er,
t o th e targe t, and b a ck .

The ra ngi n g a c c u r a cy o f the YA RD A GE P RO

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C OM PACT 80 0 i s pl us or mi nus t wo y ar ds / m eter s

un der mo st circu m st anc es. The u ni t w ill onl y dis play e ve n numb e rs . The ma x im um range of
th e ins trum ent dep ends o n the r ef le c t i v i t y of th e ta rget . The m a xim um di stan ce fo r m o s t
o b j ect s i s 8 0 0 y ar ds / 72 0 me ter s w h ile f or high ly refl ect i ve o b jec ts the m a ximu m is
9 3 0 y ard s / 8 5 0 m et ers. Not e : Yo u wi ll g et b oth l on ger and sh orte r max im um d ist anc es de p endin g
on t he r eflect i ve p rop e rtie s of t he par tic ula r tar get and the e n vi ro nment a l condi ti ons a t t he t im e
t he obj e ct is bei ng dista nc ed to .

Th e c ol or , su rfa c e fi n is h , si ze and sh a pe of the tar get a ll ef fe ct r efle c t i v i t y a nd ran ge. The b ri g hte r
t he col or , th e lon ger th e ra nge. Red is hig hly ref l ec ti v e, for e xam ple, and all ow s l ong er rang e s

than th e co lo r b la ck, wh ic h i s the l eas t ref le ctiv e col or. A shi ny f i nis h pr ov id es mor e ra ng e than
a du ll on e. A s ma ll tar get is mo re dif fic u lt to ra ng e th an a lar ger tar get . The an gl e to t he ta rg et
al so has an e ffe ct. Sho ot ing t o a targe t at a 9 0 degr ee ang le (wh er e the ta rget su rfa c e i s
per pend ic ular to t he flig ht p a th of t he e mi tt e d ener gy p ulse s) p ro vi des go od ra nge w hi le a s teep
ang le o n th e oth er h and, p rov ides li mi t ed ra ngi ng. In addi t io n, li ghti ng con diti on s (e .g . the a mo u n t
of sun l ig ht ) wi ll a ff e ct the r ang ing ca p abil ities of the u ni t. Th e le ss l igh t (e. g. ov er cast s kie s) t he
f a r th er the u ni t’s m a xi mum ra nge wi ll b e . Co nve rs ely , ver y su nny d ays w ill decr ea se the u nit’ s
m a ximu m r an ge.

O P E R A T I O N A L S U M M A R Y

Wh ile l oo kin g th ro ugh the m o n oc u lar, d epr es s

t he p ower bu tt on o nce t o a ctiv ate t he in view displ ay sys te m (LC D). A im the YA RD AG E PR O

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CO M PACT 80 0 at a t arg et at le a st 20 y ar ds a way , dep r ess an d h old t he p o we r b utt on d own unti l
ran ge re ading is d i sp l aye d. Rel ease t he p ower bu tt on. Not e: On ce a ctiv ated , t he Y AR DAG E P RO

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CO MP AC T 80 0’ s LCD w ill re ma in a ctive a nd d is p la y t he las t d ist ance me asur em ent for 8 s econ ds .
You can dep re ss the po wer but to n a gain at any t im e t o dis tan ce to a ne w ta rg et. A s w it h an y l ase r
dev ic e, it is no t r ec omm end ed to d i re ct ly vi ew the emiss io ns for long pe ri ods o f t i me w ith
m agnif ie d lens es .

F E A T U R E S

The YA RD A G E P R O’s s ophi stic at ed cir cuit r y all ow s y ou to s ele ct b etw e e n

v a r io us u ni ts of meas u re an d tar g eting mo d es. I n add i tio n, y our YA RD AG E PR O’ s LC D i nc or pora te s

il lum ina ted i n di cator s th at ad vis e y ou w hen the las er i s a ct i ve , wha t th e pr ec i s io n
tole ra nces of a sp eci fic m ea sur eme nt are an d w he n t he b att ery char g e is l ow . A

s u m m a r y of t hes e feat ur es is pres en ted b el o w :

U n i t o f M e a s u r e O p t i o n s

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CO M PAC T

8 00 c an b e us ed t o mea su re dista nc es i n y ards or m eter s. The un i t o f m eas ure
ind i cator s ar e loc ated in the u ppe r ri gh t po rt i on of t he LC D. To s el ect b etw e e n
y ards a nd me ters lo ok thr ou gh t he m o no cul ar, de pres s th e “m o de“ but ton (f ro nt
b ut ton o f th e un it ) a nd hol d it do wn fo r a p prox imat ely 5 s eco nd s. I f y ou a re
chan ging fr om yar d s t o me te rs , a c hang e i n un it of m eas ure w il l b e indi cat ed b y

t he il lum inat i on of t he M E T E R indic at or wh il e the YA R D in di cat or is tu r ned of f. If y ou ar e ch a n g i n g
fro m m eters to y ar ds, th e oppo s ite wi ll o ccur . Not e: The Y AR DAGE P RO

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C OM PA CT 8 00 wi ll r et urn

to t he l as t s et ting us ed, e ach ti me th e unit is t urned o n.

T a r g e t i n g

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o d e s

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C O MPAC T 8 0 0 inco rpor ates ex clus iv e

tar get ing m ode s t hat allow y ou t o adju st th e per form ance pa ra met e rs o f th e uni t to s uit yo u r
s p e ci fic s ituat i on an d e nvi ro n ment. Th e diff ere nt ta rget in g m odes a v aila ble ar e li st ed be lo w :

S T A N D A R D

( LC D Ind i cator - no ne ) – This se t ti n g all ows m o s t t a rg ets to be dis tan ced u p to

8 0 0 y ar ds . Use d f or m ode ra te ly re fle c tive t ar get s t hat are t ypi cal of m o s t d ist ancing situa ti o n s .
N o t e : If th e user e ncoun ter s di ff i culty r ang i ng t o tar get s in th e st a nda rd mo de, th e other mo de s
li sted be low ca n be u se d. The mi nim um di stan ce in t he s tan dar d mo de is 20 yar ds.

S C A N

( LCD Ind ica tor - “SC AN ”) – Wh en th e P o w e r b utt on i s he ld d o wn l ong e r t ha n 3 se c o n d s ,

t he un it tr an sit io ns to SC AN m o de . Thi s m ode al l ows the r an ge to b e c ont inuou sly up dat ed as l o n g
as th e P o w e r bu tt on r em ain s depr ess ed.

R A I N

( LCD Indic at or - “R A I N”) – Pr ec i p i t a t i o n, such as r ain dro p s or sn ow fla kes , can ref l ec t

ene rgy pu lse s em itt ed b y t he YA RD AG E PR O

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C OM PACT 8 0 0 t her eby cont am inati n g th e pri mar y

t arg et’s di stan c e me asu rem en t. B y se le ct ing t he ra in m ode , f eedb a ck fr om e ne rgy pu lse s
r e f l e ct ing of f p rec i p i t a t i on w il l b e i gnor ed and an uncon tam inat e d mea sur em ent o btain e d.

R E F L E C T I V E

( LCD Ind ic ator - “ R E F L”) – Us ed wh en ta rg e ti ng high l y re flec ti ve t ar gets (e .g.

r e f l e ctor s, st op si gns, et c. ). I ncr eas es ef fec ti ve d i st ance of th e devic e on re fl ec ti v e tar get s up t o
9 3 0 y ar ds or 8 50 me ter s . N ote: In th is mod e , the u ni t’ s se nsi ti v ity to n on-coo p era ti ve ta rget s i s
dec rea sed t he reby re du cing t he m ax im um ran ging di stan ce for th e se ty pe of o bject s.

> 1 5 0

( LC D Ind ic a tor - “> 15 0”) – Th i s m od e ca n be u se d to ig n ore e nergy pu l se s re fl ec ti ng o ff

o b j e ct s les s th a n 150 - 165 ya rds / me ter s a way . I t wo u ld t ypi cal ly be u se d whe n d ista ncing
th ro u gh b ru s h to an o bjec t fu rthe r th a n 15 0 ya rds / me te rs a w ay . N ot e: In thi s mo de , th e s ys te m
w ill not meas u re to targe ts le ss t han 1 50 y ar ds / m eter s.

To sel ec t bet ween th ese m o d es, w hile l ook ing th ro u gh t he m o no cu lar, dep r ess an d rele ase t he
m o de b ut ton. E a ch s ucce ss ive d epre ssio n of t he m o de bu tt on w ill a cti va t e a dif fer ent mo d e
d e s i g n a t i on i n the fo ll owin g o rder ; 1 ) s tand ar d (n o i n dica to r), 2) ra in ( “R A IN ”) , 3) r efle c t i v e

( “ R EF L”), 4 ) >15 0 (“ >150 ”) and th en ba ck t o stand a rd ( no i n dicato r). Not e: T he YARD AGE P RO

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CO M PAC T 8 00 w ill r et urn to t he las t se t ti ng use d, eac h tim e th e unit i s t ur ned -on.

I l l u m i n a t i n g I n d i c a t o r s

L O W B A T T E R Y C H A R G E

( LCD Indi cat or - ) – W hen b oth das hes ins ide t he ba tter y

s y m b ol are di spl aye d, th e bat ter y is f ul ly cha rged. When t he d ash es st ar t to f ade a w ay, it me ans
t he ba tter y cha rge is get tin g l ow a nd the 4 AAA alka line b att eries s hou l d be r epla c e d .

S P E C I F I C A T I O N S :

O p t i c a l D e s i g n

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CO M PAC T 8 00 fe at ur es a Pe rm a Fo c u s

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m o n o cu l ar op ti cal sy st em for view i ng y ou r t ar get. A l iqu i d cr ys t al dis pl ay (LC D) i s m o u n t e d
w it hi n t h e o p tic al s y st e m and w hen a cti v ated , d isp la ys a re t ic le f or tar get i ng, ya r d / m ete r and
m o de des ig n ati ons , an d l ow b att er y in d ica tor s. I nh eren t in t he m anu fa c t uri ng p ro ce ss ar e sma ll
b l a ck s pot s t ha t appe ar i n t he op ti ca l sys t em. Th es e are a n a tu ral ch a r a ct er ist i c of t he LC D ,

c a n no t be f ul ly e lim in at ed i n t he m an u fa ct ur ing p ro c e ss an d do n ot af fe ct the d ist anc in g
pe rfo rm anc e o f th e unit .

M a g n i f i c a t io n . . . . . . . 8 x

Fi eld o f Vie w. ... .. .4 .6°

Total E ye Re lie f... ... .12m m

Exi t Pup i l.. .. ... 3. 4 mm

P o w e r S o u r c e

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al kal ine b a tt erie s.

B a c k l i g h t

A gre en LE D ba ckli gh ts th e LC D for app roxi mat el y 5 se co nd s af ter a range ha s

bee n ob tain e d.

C L E A N I N G

Ge ntl y blo w a wa y a ny d ust o r de b ri s on t he lens es (o r us e

a s oft lens brus h). To r em ove d i rt or fi ng erp rin ts , cl ean w ith a so ft c ot to n cl o t h ,
ru bbin g i n a ci rc ular m o t i on. Us e o f a coa rs e cl oth or u nne c e s s a r y r u bbing ma y
s c r a t ch the len s su rf a ce and e ve n tua lly caus e p erma ne nt d a ma ge . Fo r a mo r e
t hor oug h c leani n g, ph o t o graphi c len s t issu e and p ho t og r a p h i c - t yp e le ns
cle aning flui d or iso propy l a lco hol may be u sed . A lw ay s a ppl y t he fl u id to t he
cle an in g cl ot h - n e ve r di re ctly on t he l ens .

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