Night vision monocular, 2x42, mariner 1st generation waterproof and floats,developed a bright point near the centre of viewer after switching on,still on 1st battery,tried new battery but no difference.did'nt point it at bright lights apart from the occasional split second accident

Hello, Is there two switches on the NV monocular? If so, one is for the IR illuminator and other is for turn the scope off/on. Also, does each switch have a LED associated with it? Green for turning on the monocular and red LED when the IR illuminator is on. Now the IR switch is a momentary switch once you push on the button it turn on IR. If you release the IR button it turns off the IR..


What do you mean by green lightening storm in the view finder? Generation 1 image intensifier tubes when ignited by 15KV it will glow green in the tube. If you look through the eye pieces there will be a green glow with fluctuating intensity as bright light impact the plate in the image tube. GB...stewbison

Jinko! Now is this NV monocular yellow in color? What type of chemical did you clean with? Any thing that petroleum in it, or corrsive chemical will desolve the PVC plastic cover. Probably what happen there was harah chemical used to clean the monocular, it weaken the top cover of the PVC frame and made it a gooy surfaces. The material in the frame is not water soluable. Try to dry it out, then scrap it off then sand it to a smooth surface. stewbison

How long have you had this ITT Night Mariner 160 NV monocular? Sorry, it needs to taken a part and trouble shoot the electronic components and image intensifier tube. stewbison. If I had my shop set up but I sold all of my electronic test equipment. Contact ITT and ask them what to do. stewbison

In other words, you don't see a green glow in the viewer, hey. IR works, Hunnn ! It could be a number of things but the most common problem with these Russian manufacture binoculars, monoculars, scopes is the image intensifier tube goes south. I said it's the most common but there are other things that can go wrong; such as, broken wire, faulty on/off switch, (here you have one switch for the on/off on the NV monocular while the IR has another switch to turn it on.) I have work on them enough. This is the order faults, image tube with broken wire, faulty switches, none operation ccfl with voltage multiplier
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There is a lot of variables involved here, how was it handled, has it been dropped been in water/salt water, kids play with the NV devise, wife throw it at you!, it been exposed to bright lights (tried to be used during the day or at night looking a bright lights)---bright lights will destroy the image intensifier tube...

It will come apart unless you have that is manufacture marine environment then this a totally different problem. Take the batterers out first. Unscrew the lens. there could be some screws/nuts behind the front optical lens. This will release the front half from the back half. Now, if is the way to monocular is assembled. But what ever type of NV and how it comes apart. You'll have figure it out first. Don't take the lens apart, these will mess up the focal calibration. Take the parts and put them in order as the come apart. Now take wire markers and mark the wires. Draw a ruff diagram of the printed circuit boards and label the wire with markers on the diagram. This way if wire brake off you'll will know were each wire goes. Also, remember, wires have a beginning and end, they are attached to something on each end. I wish you lots of luck, stewbison

Yes, it manufactured in Russia, Moonwalker is an American company that has Russia manufactures make their NV devise. Yes it is a night vision monocular. It not waterproof. GB,,,stewbison

this is a common error for this model. it has a display problem.so check the display power supply.

Hello, Welcome to the world of Russian night vision system. That is right, Night Owl Optics Cyclops NOCC3 is manufactured in Russian. The biggest problem with these monocular and binoculars and even scope is that they use cheap 1st generation Russian image tubes and everything else. It would be cost prohibitive to have it fixed, that is, if Night Owl Optics will fix it for you. Hint: Auction it on Ebay as night vision parts. Sorry, GB...stewbison

Hello, check with Morrison Optic Co web site. GB...stewbison

As you probably know by now, you have in your hands a CHEAP russian 1st Gen. NV device and that whatever $$ you paid for it was $$ way too much. The russians make these things for the export (think USA) market from left over 1st Generation junk that did not work well even for THEM. The USA 1st Gen. is to them what our 3rd Gen. is to us.
There is no repair or service centers for this russian NV in the USA. This is a prime example of 'Buyer Beware'. If it looks too good to be true, it's probably junk. Save your $$ and buy American.
Remember that '1stGen(generation) is very OLD NV technology,(this what we used in Viet-Nam in the early'60's, it was like 'rocket science' then, but it was all we had) the picture will be very grainy and fuzzy and the picture will appear to be sorta floating about. Pointing it at a bright light can burn out the element. Yikes! There is NOTHING you can do to adjust this to make it look good. The 2nd Gen. is only a little better, just a little more expensive. The 3rdGen. is much better and you will have a pretty clear picture and happy results. When you see these TV shows where they are using NV, they most likely are using 3rdGen NV. You will spend much more $$ for these units. The 4thGen. NV is the latest and top dog but you will have to hock your car, your dog and give up eating for a long time to afford these units. Go to; www.nightvision4less.com/night_vision_scopes.htm and you will see all four types of NV USA made. I have nothing to do with nor am I associated with this company, I simply give it to you as a reference point in your quest for information about NV products. Good luck :)

this unit is siliconed together to make it waterproof and outer ring on eye piece is glued on after assembley you have to pry casings apart with knife ect not easy but they do come apart without damaging internal parts make sure you also remove casing screw under label as well i have dissasembeled about four of this model succesfully
Wayne