Bob_O,
Good luck my friend, I wish you well. I've owned and used, on a nightly basis, an X-Sight II HD for 2 years now. I got the night vision working well early on and have left it alone and not even bothered with all the other glitchy features. Night vision is all I use.
Here's a tip that you might appreciate: Instead of relying on the puny infra-red illuminator on the scope, I use infra-red floodlights that brightly (invisible to coyotes) illuminate my kill zones. They work brilliantly, so much so that I removed the on-board IR illuminator. What a VAST improvement. I will post a link to the product so that you can check it out. The nice part about them is, even though you plug them into a 120 volt outlet, 120 volts only runs a 12 volt switching power supply. The 198 IR LED's are run on 12 volts. That means that you can use them mobile, either plug them into a 120 volt converter, or remove the power supply and simply plug them into your vehicle's 12 volt system. You can mount these IR flood lights on your vehicle, or plug them into the 120 volt circuits in farm buildings, or run them off portable 12 volt batteries. On a dark night they illuminate as bright as a full moon for a quarter of a mile. You will see the coyotes coming that far away. And the closer they get, the brighter they get. Here's the link:
https://www.amazon.com/CMVision-IR130-198-Outdoor-300-400ft-Illuminator/dp/B004F9LF7E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1533831969&sr=8-2&keywords=IR+flood+light I own 4 of these and trust me when I tell you they are the bee's knees for coyote hunting with the ATN Night Vision scopes. If you are interested in them, I will answer any and all questions before you buy. I've owned and used these nightly for 2 years.
Here's something that few even know about. The digital night vision scopes from ATN require some time to process the image; therefore there is some latency of from 1/4 to 1/2 a second, depending on the "sensitivity" setting that you choose in the software program. Use the lowest sensitivity setting to get the least lag, or latency. On a running coyote, 1/4 of a second lag can mean taking a shot when the coyote is not even visible in the display. Unsafe a best! You HAVE to get the coyote stationary somehow!!! I use bait and shoot them while they're feeding. If they move at all, I use a "mouth squeek", a smooching noise with my lips, to get them to stop and look directly at me. If they don't stop and you are tempted to take a moving shot, you must anticipate where he will be 1/4 to 1/2 a second from where he appears to be in the scope. ATN won't tell you this, and most ATN X scope users don't even know about it, much less inform you. To demonstrate my point, and to see this built-in latency for yourself, simply take the scope out on a night when there are thunderstorms close by. Keep both eyes open; one peering through the scope, and the other open to the heavens. When lightening strikes, you will see it live through your eye, but 1/4-1/2 second later in the display.
If you have questions, PM me. I can flatten the learning curve for you.
BeemanR7
