User's Manual

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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.
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9. Sight along the tube: Sight along the side of
the telescope’s main tube to locate an object.
Practice using the AudioStar Arrow keys to center
an object in the telescope’s field of view.
5b. Insert the eyepiece: Remove the supplied
26mm eyepiece from its container and place it
in the erect-image prism (refractor models only;
see Fig. 5a) or directly into the eyepiece holder
(reflector models only; see Fig. 5b). Tighten the
thumbscrews to a firm feel only. Remove the dust
cover from the end of optical tube assembly. Use
the focus knobs to bring objects into focus.
7. Power on the Telescope: Open the battery
compartment by lifting the cover and pulling it
away from the drive base.
Remove the battery holder from the compartment
and carefully lift the 9v connector out from
the compartment. Whenever you replace the
batteries, to safeguard the wires, disconnect the
9v connector (G) from the battery holder before
removing the batteries.
. Insert eight AA-size batteries into the battery
holder, oriented as shown on the diagram on the
battery slots of the battery holder. Connect the
9v connector plug to the battery holder. Carefully
replace the battery holder back into the battery
compartment. Replace the cover.
6. Connect AudioStar: Be certain that the power
switch (H) on the computer control panel is in the
OFF position. Plug the coil cord of the AudioStar
Controller into the HBX port (I). When turning on
the control panel; the red LED will light up when
power is supplied to the panel.
If you wish to attach the red dot viewfinder, see
page 15.
If you wish to initialize AudioStar, see page 19.
If you wish to align the telescope, go to page 21.
If you wish to use AudioStar to GO TO Saturn,
go to page 22.
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8. You can use the Arrow keys to slew (move) the
telescope up, down, right, or left. To change the
telescope’s slew speed, press a Number key. “9”
is the fastest speed and “1” is the slowest speed.
See pages 18 for more details.
For scrolling AudioStar text, press and
hold the Scroll Up key to increase the
scrolling speed when a message is
scrolling across the display. Press and hold the
Scroll Down key to decrease the scrolling speed
when a message is scrolling across the display.
Slew Speeds:
Speed 9: Fast
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Speed 5: Medium
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Speed 1: Slow
Arrow
Keys
Number
Keys
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If you have the optional AC adapter (07584) plug the
adapter into any 12v wall socket and plug the other
end into the power port of the control base and ip
the switch on.
Scroll
Keys