Meade Instruments 6" LS-6 ACF - Manual (Page 8)

INDEX
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After the telescope powers on, you will hear a brief
introductory message. You can press the “MEDIA” key
to bypass the introduction if you like.
If you have attached a video cable from the Video Out
connection on the telescope to the composite video
input of a NTSC TV monitor, you will also see graphics
accompanying the telescope introduction.
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At the end of this message, the telescope will
immediately start its LightSwitch Automatic Alignment
procedure. It will take about fi ve to ten minutes for
the telescope to orient and align itself. Once it has
completed the alignment the handbox screen will
display “Alignment Successful”.
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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At this point look through the eyepiece of the
telescope. You should see some light from the fi nal
alignment star but it is probably out of focus. Adjust the
focus using the knob on the back of the telescope until
you get a sharply focused star image.
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Press the “Tours/8” key on the AutoStar and select
the “Tonight’s Best” tour by pressing the Scroll Down
arrow key at the bottom of the AutoStar. Press “ENTER”
to start the tour of the best objects visible in your sky
right now. You will hear a brief introduction to the tour
and then the fi rst object will be shown on the second line
of the AutoStar display. If you press “ENTER” to select
this object, you will hear a description of the object. If
you press the GoTo key, the telescope will move (slew)
to put the object in the eyepiece so you can view it
directly. To move to the next object, press the “BACK”
key and then the Scroll Down key to move through
the available objects in the tour. Press “ENTER” to
select the displayed object. To exit the tour, press the
“Mode” key.
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When you are fi nished observing for the night,
replace the dust cover over the end of the telescope
and the dust cap on the lens of the ECLIPS Module.
Select “Shutdown” from the main top level menu. After
the telescope has moved to its storage position and
the AutoStar displays “Turn Off Telescope”, fl ip the
LightSwitch to the OFF (0) position.
GETTING ST
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Focus Knob
LS TIPS
“MODE” Key
The “MODE” Key cycles the telescope through
its three different modes; Menu Mode, Info Mode
and Skymap Mode.
During most telescope operations, pressing
the “MODE” key will stop the current
operation.
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