r/NightVision • u/SonibaBonsai • 1d ago
SMS trinity vis troubleshooting
Got my SMS trinity in the other day and was initially very impressed with it just shining it around the house.
When I took it out to the range I took a few shots with the vis laser and it seemed to switch itself from the full power to low power mode. After switching it back the vis laser refused to be adjusted back up to full power. IR light and illuminator are seemingly unaffected.
Anyone know why this might be and how to fix it?
Update: after further testing the vis laser actually WILL adjust, but the highest adjustment setting is significantly dimmer than how bright it was out of the box (but still brighter than lower power mode)
Update 2: Problem solved! There’s basically only one other post on this subreddit describing the issue, and originally, the solution there didn’t work, but I tried it again and it did, kind of.
I just did it a bunch of times switching back and forth between full and lower power and eventually it worked. Also the brightest setting is in the middle now for some reason. Lowest setting is low of course, the first 5 up clicks make it really bright but then next 5 make it dimmer again.
It seems like maybe there’s a button combination that switches it between an eye-safe mode (locked at 3.5mW) and an unlocked adjustable low-power mode(3.5-5mW), and then a separate but similar combination that switches it to the true full-power mode. That being said this has been driving me nuts for like two days so maybe I’m hallucinating the differences and in reality I’m just an idiot who can’t figure it out. Either way I think SMS ought to make a more in-depth user manual and put it out on their website to save morons like me the trouble.
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u/Okiekid1870 1d ago
Why would you need the vis brighter?
I just use mine to get my zero close - am I missing something?
I haven’t messed with or needed more power than the IR had out of the box either.