RX ™ Series Rangefinders OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Introduction Congratulations! You have purchased a Leupold® RX™ Series digital laser rangefinder that has been designed by Leupold’s engineers and designers to be the best rangefinder on the market and to provide you with years of solid performance in the field. Following are detailed instructions regarding the proper use and employment of your RX Series rangefinder. To ensure top performance for the life of the product, please read these instructions before operating your RX-I, RX-II, RX-III, or RX-IV.
Operation Quick Set Rotary Menu™ The RX-I and RX-II have two buttons: Power/Set and Mode. The RX-III, RX-IV, and RX-IV Boone and Crockett™ have three buttons: Power, Mode, and Set. To toggle between Quick Start Mode and Advanced Mode, press and hold all buttons for 10 seconds. When you initially push the Power button, the unit is ready for scanning. When you first press and hold the Mode button for 1 second, the Quick Set Rotary Menu™ is prepared for navigation in the Quick Start Mode.
Function 3: 1st Target Mode Function 8: Line of sight output 1st Target Mode is used to display the distance This mode, when activated, provides the straight to the closest object when more than one line distance to the target. The output is object may be hit by the beam. Multiple displayed in smaller numbers just below objects will often return an average and to the right of the reticle. distance. 1st Target Mode ensures an NOTE: On the RX-I model, LOS is accurate reading on the closest object.
Function 12: Declination Angle input (RX-IV only) which portion of the reticle to use. TBR for rifle settings is effective to 800 yards (732 meters) for most cartridges. This mode allows the user to manually set the declination angle, correcting for deviation between magnetic North and true North. Declination angle for your area can be found on the corner of any USGS topography map or on several Internet sites (for example, go to: www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geomag/jsp/Declination.jsp).
Function 14: BOW ballistics group TBR™ (True ballistic Range™ ): ARCHERY This mode, when activated, works with TBR to provide the correct ballistics range for arrows. To activate, move through the Quick Set Rotary Menu by pressing mode and select BOW by pressing set. Selecting the BOW Mode automatically 40 deactivates the Rifle Mode. The displayed Aim range represents the ballistically equivalent horizontal distance to the target.
TBR Performance Groups: Cartridge table TBR Group Sight-In Distance Cartridge Name .270 Weatherby Magnum Lazzeroni 7.21 Firebird .30-.378 Weatherby .30-.378 Weatherby .300 Weatherby Magnum .240 Weatherby .240 Weatherby .270 Weatherby Magnum .270 Weatherby Magnum .270 Winchester Short Magnum 7mm Shooting Times Westerner 7mm Shooting Times Westerner 7mm Weatherby Magnum 300 Yards / 7mm Weatherby Magnum B 274 Meters 7mm Winchester Short Magnum .300 Remington Ultra Magnum .300 Remington Ultra Magnum .
Function 16: Match 13™ reticle system™ Function 17: Calibrating the Compass By selecting this mode, any one of 13 preloaded reticles (RX-IV The RX models that feature the Compass Mode let you instantly Boone and Crockett™ models are limited to 3 reticles: Crosshair, determine the direction to, as well as the distance from, an object Plus Point™, and Boone and Crockett) can be chosen as the primary or animal.
Helpful Hints for Using the Leupold RX Digital Laser Rangefinders How do I Activate True Ballistic Range (TBR)? Only available in RX-II, RX-III, RX-IV, and RX-IV Boone and Crockett™. See Function 13 on page 4. Be sure to select the proper group for bows on page 5 or rifles on pages 5-6. Rangefinder does not provide range or range is obviously incorrect. Make sure you don’t have a mode turned on that prevents the rangefinder from ranging your target.
