Step 11. Setup site info
Now “Setup Site Info:” is displayed at the top. A blinking cursor is at the second line. (“Longi” means longitude; “Lat” means latitude.)
Use ▲/▼ keys to change the numbers and letters. Use ◄/► keys to scroll through the fields.
The last line of this screen is for setting time zone information (add or subtract 60 minutes (Mins.) per time zone).
Examples: minutes “behind” UT or “ahead” of UT
New York: 300 Mins. “behind” UT
Los Angeles: 480 Mins. “behind” UT
Rome: 60 Mins. “ahead” of UT
Sydney: 600 Mins. “ahead” of UT
Press ENTER when finished.
The mount is now ready to find (GOTO) and track objects.
Step 12. Select and Slew to an object
Press Menu button.
Scroll to “Select and Slew”
Press ENTER.
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| Step 13. Goto the Sun |
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| Select category “Planets, Sun, Moon” by scrolling with the arrow keys. |
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| Press ENTER. |
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| Then select “Sun”) by scrolling with the arrow keys. A beep and a |
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| warning message will occur. Press ENTER to confirm. |
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| The telescope will automatically slew to the object and lock on. It will |
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| automatically begin to track once it locks on to the object. |
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| Step 14. Sync to Target (Use this to center and synchronize the object |
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| selected in Step 12). |
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| Press MENU. Scroll to “Sync. To Target”. Press ENTER. Next use the |
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| arrow keys (▲▼◄►) to center the object in the eyepiece. Then press |
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| ENTER again to synchronize the object with the memory. |
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| To slew to other objects simply repeat steps 12 and 13. You do not |
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| need to repeat step 14 except for adjustments as needed. |
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| (Refer to the full online manual for |
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| Target is the same as |
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| object to align to.) |
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| Step 15. Use Electronic Eyepiece. (Optional) |
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| Remove cap from end of electronic eyepiece and insert electronic eyepiece into |
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| the telescope tube opening (Remove optical eyepiece first). Next, plug each end |
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| of the USB cable into the electronic eyepiece and your computer. |
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| Your computer will detect the electronic eyepiece as new hardware and install |
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| the camera driver automatically. Next, you can open image/video capture |
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| programs such as Window Movie Maker or other webcam program, select the |
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| right camera and begin to view a live feed from the telescope. |
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| An electronic eyepiece works just as a short focal length (few mm) eyepiece. |
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| Therefore, you need to start the observation with the longer focal length |
| Plug USB connector | eyepiece. In most cases, directly replace an optical eyepiece with an electronic |
| eyepiece will not bring an clear image onto the computer screen immediately. | |
| into your computer. | |
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| If your PC does not have a webcam application software installed, you may |
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| download one from internet, such as VitualDub from www.VirtualDub.com, or |
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| Future WinJoe at www.ioptron.com/future.rar. |
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