User manual HOYT COMPOUND-2005

[. . . ] INTRODUCTION Welcome to the Hoyt family!As a member of an elite team, you will be pleased to know that you have purchased the finest crafted, most dependable bow on the market. Only the finest components go into every Hoyt bow along with over 70 years of experience in bow technology and manufacturing. With some basic maintenance your new bow will provide you with years of good shooting and dependable service. 543 North Neil Armstrong Road Salt Lake City, Utah 84116-2887 (801) 363-2990 phone (801) 537-1470 fax www. hoyt. com 1 BOW OWNER'S PERSONAL RECORD Fill in the following Personal Bow Record for your later reference. [. . . ] NEVER shoot a bow without a nock set or with a nock set that has not been properly crimped. For proper installation Hoyt recommends that this be done by a qualified pro shop. Nocking Point Height CABLE GUARD INSTALLATION All Hoyt bows are designed with a built in cable guard bar attachment. Before mounting the cable guard bar, you must remove the rubberbands used only for shipping purposes. To insert the cable guard bar, simply slide the bar through the two mounting holes on the riser making sure that the bar is pushed completely through and flush with the end of the front mounting hole. After the bar has been inserted fasten with the 1/4-20 x 1/2" set screws provided. (See fig 5) Screws Flush w/Front of Riser fig 5 90° fig 4 CABLE GUARD GLIDE INSTALLATION To prevent your bow's cables from rubbing against each other, Hoyt uses a specially designed cable glide that has off-set cable slots. To correctly install the glide on all Hoyt bows, first place the glide on the cable guard bar. (See fig 6) Next, push the control cable into the shorter front slot. Then, push the buss cable into the longer rear slot. CAUTION: Do not pull bow back without proper installation of cable guard bar and glide. 11 10 fig 6 Control Cable Buss Cable TILLER ADJUSTMENT Tiller is the difference in distance between the upper limb to the string and lower limb to the string measured from the base of the limbs (where the limb and riser meet) at a 90 degree angle to the string. (See fig 6) CENTERSHOT Centershot is the alignment of the arrow in the power path of the string. This is accomplished by moving the arrow rest left or right. Release shooters should line the arrow up with or just slightly outside of the power path of the string. (See fig 8) Finger shooters should position the arrow so that the tip is just to the outside of the power path of the string. (See fig 8) The main function of tiller is to allow the archer to more easily and comfortably aim during the draw and release of the shot. Most bows will shoot best near even tiller which means the distance from the string to the limb is the same on top and bottom. Tiller adjustments are made by adjusting either limb weight adjustment bolt. Tiller (See draw weight adjustment section pg. 14) Example: If you have too much tiller on the bottom limb, decrease the weight on the top limb or increase the weight on the bottom. Hoyt recommends that you initially set tiller equal top and bottom. fig. 7 12 Powerpath Rest Powerpath Rest fig 8 Release Setting Fingers Setting Centershot is critical to how accurately a bow will perform. These are initial centershot settings, for proper alignment Hoyt recommends this be done by a qualified pro shop. Tiller 13 FLETCH CLEARANCE Fletch clearance is the ability of your vanes or fletchings to pass cleanly by or through your arrow rest without impacting the rest so severely that the arrow's flight path is disrupted. [. . . ] Broadheads create a dramatic aerodynamic change in arrow flight. For this reason, slight adjustments may need to be made in nocking point height, rest position or bow weight to achieve desired broadhead flight. Always test shoot broadheads before hunting to ensure proper sight settings. Even expandable broadheads may require different sight settings than field points. [. . . ]