Orion® EZ Finder™ II
Reflex Sight
#7228
The EZ Finder II Reflex sight makes pointing your telescope almost as easy as pointing your finger! It’s a
Power knob
Altitude adjustment knob
Thumbscrews
Azimuth adjustment knob
Battery casing
Dovetail mounting bracket
Parts List
1 EZ Finder II
1Dovetail mounting bracket
1Universal mounting base
1Double sided foam tape
2Flathead screws
2Lock washers
2Hex nuts
Installation
First, open the box and make certain that all the parts are present.
To install the EZ Finder II on most
Orion telescopes
For most Orion telescopes, the dovetail mounting bracket will work best. The EZ Finder II will slip neatly into the dovetail base that held the telescope’s original finder scope. To attach the dovetail mounting bracket to the EZ Finder II, loosen the two thumbscrews on the bottom rail of the EZ Finder II. Slide the EZ Finder II onto the bracket and tighten the two thumbscrews (See Figure 1). Then simply slide the dovetail mounting bracket into the telescope’s dovetail mounting base and tighten the thumb- screw on the base to secure the mounting bracket.
To install the EZ Finder II on other brands of telescopes
Use these instructions to mount the EZ Finder II on other brands of telescopes, custom telescopes, or when you wish to mount the EZ Finder II in addition to your regular finder scope on an Orion telescope.
To attach the EZ Finder II, you will need to attach the included universal mounting base to the telescope. You can attach this by using the
To drill the holes in the tube, use the drill template (Figure 2). Lay the template on the telescope tube so that the long axis is parallel with the long axis of the optical tube. Poke a pencil point through the center of each hole, marking its position on the
Figure 1.
tube. Remove the template. Use a #25 (.148") or similar drill bit and drill two holes where the pencil marks are.
Attach the universal mounting base to the tube with the two screws and secure by threading a lock washer and hex nut onto the threaded end of the screw. The threaded ends of the screws should be on the inside of the telescope tube.
Instead of screws, the
To attach the EZ Finder II to the universal mounting base, loos- en the two thumbscrews on the bottom rail of the EZ Finder II. Slide the EZ Finder II onto the bracket and tighten the two thumbscrews.
Alternatively, if you wish to attach the EZ Finder II to your tele- scope using the included dovetail mounting bracket (getting the advantage of its higher profile), we offer an optional dovetail mounting base (#7214, sold separately) designed to work with the EZ Finder II’s mounting bracket. You will likely need to drill holes in your telescope tube in order to attach the optional base.
For mounting the EZ Finder II on
Base template for drilling holes
(actual size)
Figure 2.
IN 182 Rev B 03/09