Sleep Scope is a power and time saving option that shuts down the LS telescope without forgetting its alignment. With “Sleep Scope” selected, press “ENTER” to activate the Sleep function. LS goes dark, but the internal clock keeps running. Press any key, except “ENTER”, to
Park Scope is designed for a telescope that has not moved between observing sessions. Align the telescope one time, then use this function to park the telescope. Next time it is powered up, no alignment is required. Pressing “ENTER” causes the telescope to move to its
IMPORTANT NOTE: When the “Park Scope” option is chosen and the display prompts you to turn off the telescope’s power, LS is unable to be returned to operation without turning the power off and then back on.
Setup Menu
The Setup menu’s primary function is to align the telescope. However, there are numerous other features available within the Setup menu, including:
Align prepares your telescope to automatically locate and track objects. There are four different alignment methods available. Unless you specifically disable LightSwitch as the default alignment, the scope will use this method immediately upon powering up. If you desire to use an alternate method below, be sure to disable automatic alignment in the preferences.
•Automatic Align will use the LightSwitch® alignment method to align your telescope.
•Alt. Az. 2 Star will begin the interactive two star alignment process. Complete details are described in the Advanced LS features section of this manual.
•Alt. Az. 1 Star will begin the interactive one star alignment process. Complete details are described in the Advanced LS features section of this manual.
•Terrestrial will set up the telescope to use on land objects.
Preferences allows you to configure the telescope’s behaviors to suit your own viewing tastes. Configurable options include:
•Restore Defaults sets all the settings back to the factory original values.
•Hi Precision Slews allows you to turn high precision slews on and off. When this feature is enabled and you command the telescope to GoTo and object, it will first slew to a nearby star and ask you to center the star and then press “ENTER” to proceed. This feature insures the target will be in the precise center of the eyepiece. With faint objects at the limit of your scope, or when making
•Default Alignment allows you to enable or disable LightSwitch alignment when the scope powers up. When you disable default alignment, the telescope will require you to select and perform one of the alignment procedures under the Setup menu before your telescope will automatically locate and track objects.
•Play Intro Video allows you to disable the introductory media message that plays when the telescope is first powered up.
•Play Media 1st allows you to select when multimedia object descriptions are played. As shipped from the factory, the telescope is configured to play the descriptive media before showing you the object data. Disabling the Media 1st option, will cause the object’s data to be displayed immediately upon object selection. If you wish to hear the descriptions, you must explicitly press the “MEDIA” key.
•Animated Media allows you to bypass the animated portion of the media. As shipped from the factory, most objects have two media clips. The first is an animated overview narrated by a male voice. This is followed by a second, more detailed description given by a female narrator. Disabling “Animated Media” will skip playing the audio/video media clip and go to the audio only presentation.
•Time Zone allows you to select an international time zone, or to manually configure a time zone to any fraction of an hour you need.
•Use GPS allows you to disable use of the GPS to determine the time and your telescope’s location. If your scope is mounted in an
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