Select and slew

Land Objects

Sync. to Target

Set Up Controller

Press ENTER. Select “Set Up Time and

Site

Set Up Time and Site

Set Display Info

Set Key Beep

Set Azi Work Mode

Press ENTER. The Set Local Time screen will show:

Set Local Time:

2009-06-01 11:55:09

DaylightTime Saving Y

Set local time:

Use the ◄ or ► key to move the cursor, and the ▲ or ▼ button to change the numbers.

Set daylight saving time:

Use ▲ or ▼ button to toggle the DaylightTime Saving between Y and N. Press ENTER to go to Setup Site Info screen:

Setup Site Info: Longi: W071d27m47s Lati : N42d15m40s 300 Min. behind UT

“W/E” means west/east hemisphere; “N/S” means north/south hemisphere; “d” means degree; “m” means minute; and “s” means second.

Set site coordinates:

Use the ◄ or ► key to move the cursor, and the ▲ or ▼ button to change the numbers or toggle between “W” and “E”, “N” and “S”.

The site coordinates information can be found online, such as GPSVisualizer http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocode).

Simply enter a city name or address.

Set time zone

Press ◄ or ► key. Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen to set the time zone information (add or subtract 60 minutes per time zone). Enter minutes “ahead” or “behind” of UT (universal time). The minimum time difference is 15 minutes.

New York City is 300 minutes “behind”

UT

Los Angeles is 480 minutes “behind” UT

Rome is 60 minutes “ahead” of UT

Beijing is 480 minutes “ahead” of UT

Sydney is 600 minutes “ahead” of UT

Time Zone

Hours

Enter

 

behind UT

Minutes

Hawaii

-10

600

Alaska

-9

540

Pacific

-8

480

Mountain

-7

420

Central

-6

360

Eastern

-5

300

All time zones in North America are behind UT as shown in the following table (Be sure it shows “behind” instead of “ahead of” UT).

To adjust minutes, use the ◄ or ► keys to move the cursor and the ▲ or ▼ keys to change the numbers. To change the “behind” or “ahead of” UT, move the cursor to “ahead of” and using ▲ or ▼ keys to toggle between “behind” and “ahead of”. When the number is correct press ENTER and go back to the previous screen.

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iOptron 9802-W, 9501-W, 9801-W, 9502-W Set local time, Set daylight saving time, Set site coordinates, Set time zone

9801-W, 9802-W, 9502-W, 9501-W specifications

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