The TILO-3 is not only a thermal imager but also a headlight with many different functions.
All functions for controlling the headlight are achieved by pressing buttons 3 and 4.
There are three different colors (white, red and infrared) that can be controlled in brightness.
Each color can also flash normally or in the SOS code.
Turn on / off
To turn on the lamp, press button 4 for at least one second. The lamp lights up in the most
recent used color.
Change colors
To change the color, press button 4 for at least one second. Each time the button is pressed, the
color changes between red and white. To change to IR mode, refer to the next section (IR mode).
IR-Mode
The TILO is equipped with an IR LED (infrared LED). This works in a wavelength range of 940nm
and is absolutely invisible to the human eye. This is also a danger, since the light is invisible, the
adverse-effects reflex of the eye (eyelid reflex) does not work. Therefore, when the IR mode is swit-
ched on, care must be taken that a direct view into the LED is safely excluded.
The light emitted can only be seen by light amplifiers of generation 2, 2+ and 4. US-American
light amplifiers of generation 3 are generally not able to use the IR-LED for illumination.
Turn on and off the IR-Mode
To switch on the IR mode, press the buttons 3 & 4 simultaneously for at least one second.
The IR LED then lights up in the mode in which it was last called. The IR mode is switched
off in the same way.
IR-Check
Normally the IR mode is only used if a light amplifier is used at the same time. If this is not avai-
lable, the IR status can be checked by pressing button 4 for at least 1 second. If the IR mode is
activated, pressing button 4 wll activate thr following:
Display
Meaning
red light flashes 3x long
IR-continuous light is swiched on
red light flashes 5x long
IR-fllashing light is on
red light flashing in SOS mode
IR-in SOS-Mode
no reaction
IR-Mode in not activated
Troubleshooting
When the light of the TILO can not be switched on, the reason could be that you have activated
the IR mode by mistake. If you disable it, everything should work again.
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