PC cam manual 6.07 Q6 6/11/07 11:53 AM Page 1 Meade PC Camera MEADE INSTRUCTION MANUAL www.meade.
11:53 AM Page 2 WARNING! 6/11/07 Never use a Meade® Telescope to look at the Sun! Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye. Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point the telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope or SmartFinder™ as it is moving. Children should always have adult supervision while observing. PC cam manual 6.
Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. • How to Install Your Software • How to run the software • How to focus the PC Camera in a telescope • How to operate your PC Camera • Advanced Tips This manual covers the following topics: The PC Camera is shipped with the following parts: • Camera, with attached USB cable and remote shutter release cable.
6/11/07 11:53 AM Fig. 6: Plug the shutter release cable into the PC Camera. Fig. 5: Installation Screen: Select "Yes I want to restart my computer now." Page 4 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Fig. 4: Installation Screen: Install Wizard. Running the software. Fig. 3: Installation Screen: Install Wizard. Press Next. PC cam manual 6.
6/11/07 11:53 AM Fig. 8: Fuzzy light or dark on PC Camera screen. Fig. 7: Running the software. Select "Start," All Programs" and "Meade PC Camera." Page 5 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 1. Insert the PC Camera's USB cable into the USB port on your PC. 2 Go to the "Start" button on your PC. Then select "All Programs," followed by "USB" folder.
/11/07 11:53 AM Fig. 11: Insert the PC Camera into the telescope's eyepiece holder. Fig. 12: Refocus the telescope's while watching the image on the computer screen. Fig. 9: Aim and focus your telescope. Fig. 10: Remove the eyepiece from the telescope. Page 6 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.
6/11/07 11:53 AM • Choose Moon/Planet to capture an image of the Moon or a planet. Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Go to the file menu and choose "Save As..." to save the snapshot. • Choose Nighttime to capture an image of a star or fainter object. This is the default setting. Fig. 13: Camera Settings and the Default button.
6/11/07 11:53 AM Fig. 16: The images are saved by default in the "Video Capture USB 2.0 Telescope Camera" folder located in "My Documents." Fig. 15: Select the "File" menu and choose. "Set Capture File." Page 8 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. • To capture video: 1 Select the “File” menu and choose “Set Capture File.” See Fig. 15. Give your file a name (e.g.
6/11/07 11:53 AM If you wish to capture another video, make sure you go back to the File menu and select "Capture File" again. If you do not, the program will overwrite your original capture if you start recording again. 1 Select the “Capture” drop down menu and select “Stop Capture.” 2 Your video will be saved with the file name you selected (in step one of "To Capture a Video) in the folder “Video Capture USB 2.0 Telescope Camera” in the “My Documents” folder.
6/11/07 11:53 AM 6 The photo's and videos will now be set to the new exposure value. Fig. 21: Exposure Value Box with slider. 5 Select the exposure value that is most pleasing to your eye. Click “Ok” to continue. Page 10 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 4 In the “Exposure Value” box, uncheck the “Auto” option to give you control of the exposure value.
6/11/07 11:53 AM Fig. 23: The Special Effect screen. Page 11 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. 6 The selected special effect will be applied to the all new captured snapshots and video that you capture until you select another special effect or check the cancel box at the bottom of the screen. 5 Click on the desired special effect and select “OK”.
6/11/07 11:53 AM Fig. 24: The Video Proc. Amp setting screen. Page 12 Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. • Brightness: Use this control to lighten or darken your images. • Contrast: Use this control to adjust the extremes between light and dark in your images. • Hue: Use this control to change the colors in your image.
6/11/07 11:53 AM MEADE LIMITED WARRANTY Page 13 13 © 2007 All rights reserved. Specifications subject to change without notice. Meade reserves the right to change product specifications or to discontinue products without notice. This warranty gives you specific rights. You may have other rights which vary from state to state.
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6/11/07 11:53 AM 1-800 PC cam manual 6.07 Q6 Page 16 626-3233 Meade Instruments Corporation 6001 Oak Canyon, Irvine, California 92618 www.meade.
