User's Manual

Time Zone Shift
Atlantic -4 Hours
Eastern -5 Hours
Central -6 Hours
Mountain -7 Hours
Pacific -8 Hours
Hawaii -10 Hours
Table 1: Time Zone Shift.
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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.
centered in the eyepiece. If “Terrestrial” is selected, the tracking motor is turned off. To learn
how to track an object automatically, see page 19.
Site provides access to several options including:
• Select: Displays the currently selected observing site. Use the Scroll keys to cycle through
all available sites (see ADD below). Press ENTER when the site you wish to select
displays. Use this option when you move to a different geographic location.
• Add: Allows you to add new observing sites to the database (up to six sites may be stored).
Scroll through the list of Countries/States. Press ENTER when the site you wish to add
displays. Then choose the desired city in the same manner.
• Delete: Deletes a stored site from the database.
• Edit: Edits a selected site, including: the name, latitude, longitude, and time zone.
Time Zone refers to the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) time zone shift. Users West of
Greenwich, England use “-” hours, East of Greenwich use “+” hours. For the United
States, look up the time zone shift in Table 1.
• NOTE: AudioStar compensates for daylight savings time, if selected. See
SETUP MENU: DAYLIGHT SAVING, page 29.
• Name: Users may enter both their first and last names using the Up and Down Arrow
keys to cycle through the alphabet. Use the Right and Left Arrow keys to move through
the text. Press ENTER when the entry is complete.
• Address: Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to enter your street address, city, state, and
zip code. Press ENTER when the entry is complete.
• Download transfers information from a personal computer or another AudioStar. During
the operation, the warning “Downloading Do Not Turn Off” appears.
• NOTE: The Download function requires the optional #505 Cable
Connector Kit. See the instruction sheet included with the kit for more
information on how to download. Also see OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES,
page 39.
• Clone uploads information from one AudioStar handbox to another. Three options are
available:
• Catalogs: Sends only user-defined object information, such as new satellite orbits or
comet data to another AudioStar handbox.
• Software: Sends only the basic AudioStar software. This is useful if one user has
downloaded a new version of AudioStar software from the Meade website (www.
meade.com) and wants to pass this software along to friends.
• All:Everything, user-defined information and AudioStar software, is sent to another
AudioStar.
• Statistics provides basic statistical data about AudioStar, including:
• Characters Free: Shows how much room is available in user-defined object memory.
• Version: Shows the current version of the AudioStar software.
Reset completely resets AudioStar. Most values entered into the menus revert to factory
defaults. AudioStar requires initialization again after a Reset before proceeding with
observations. See INITIALIZING AudioStar, page 19.