Meade DS-2102AT-TC, DS-2090AT-TC instruction manual Basic Autostar Operation

BASIC AUTOSTAR OPERATION

SETUP MENU

Automatic alignment permits all telescope

operations with only minimal setup.

Select Item:

Setup

UTILITIES MENU Calculate eyepiece magnifications;

set timer alerts; create your own landmark survey.

Select Item:

Utilities

GLOSSARY

What is an elliptical galaxy? How far away is the Sun? Expand your knowledge of astronomy by displaying terms

and definitions, and other information.

Select Item:		OBJECT MENU
		Want to see Mars? The Orion nebula?
	Object
		The Andromeda galaxy? Select from
		over 30,000 objects and press
		GO TO to move the telescope
		automatically to an object.
		Select Item:
		Event

		EVENT MENU
		Display the time of
The Universe of
		past, present and future
Autostar
		astronomical events,
		such as Moon phases
		or meteor showers.
		Select Item:
		Guided Tour
		GUIDED TOUR
		Autostar escorts you
		on a tour of tonight's
Select Item:		best celestial objects
		at your viewing location.
	Glossary

Object

Event

Guided Tours

Glossary

Utilities

Setup

Fig. 3: Menus set in a loop.

Fig. 2: The AutoStar Universe: The six primary categories listed in the Select Item menu of AutoStar.

It is important to understand that menu selections are set in a loop (Fig. 3). This means that pressing the Scroll Down key cycles down through all the available options within a given cate- gory, then returns to the first option. The Scroll Up key cycles up through the options in the oppo- site order. Note that this capability is a quick way to get to an option that is near the bottom of the list. The following example demonstrates this capability.

Example:

To navigate to the “Select Item: Setup” menu option when the “Select Item: Object” menu is displayed:

1.Press the Scroll Down key four times or the Scroll Up key once.

AutoStar displays two lines of information. The top line shows the current menu level. The sec- ond line displays an option which may be selected within that menu level. Some options are choices that select the next menu level down. The Scroll keys move up and down within the list of available options, showing one option at a time.

When the desired option is displayed on the second line, press the ENTER key to choose that option and move down one menu level.

Press the MODE key to leave a level (e.g., the wrong menu option is chosen).

IMPORTANT NOTE: No matter how many levels into AutoStar are traveled, each press of the MODE key moves up a level, until the top level, "Select Item," is reached. Once in the Select Item level, press MODE to return to the topmost level, "Select Item: Object."

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