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Meade Instruments DS-2000 Generation II Telescopes with LNT module User 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 tele-
scope as it is moving.

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Fig. 1: DS-2000 Series Telescope.

Features of the DS-2000 Series telescopes are virtually identical. Certain features of your telescope may look different than, or be
positioned slightly different than the one pictured here, but the functionality of the features is the same.

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E

F

Fig. 1b (Inset): (E) Altitude Setting
Circle; (F) Altitude Lock

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1. Focus Knob

2. Eyepiece Holder

3. 90° Diagonal Prism

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refractors only)

4. Eyepiece Holder

Thumbscrew

5. Eyepiece

6. Focus Lock Knob

7. Smartfinder-LNT Module

8. Smartfinder

Alignment Screws

9. Smartfinder Lens

10. Altitude Setting Circle

and Lock

11. Dew Shield

12. Dust Cap

13. Optical Tube

14. Cradle Ring Lock Knob

15. Cradle Ring

16. Mounting Arm and Shaft

17. Computer Control Panel

18. Accessory Tray

Attachment Bolts

19. Accessory Tray

20. Inner Support Struts

21. Tripod Legs Locks

22. Tripod Legs

23. Tripod Base

24. Azimuth Setting Circle

25. Battery Compartment

26. Base Lock Knob

(not visible)

other side

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other
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Fig. 1c (Inset): Computer Control Panel. (A)
Handbox port; (B) Power indicator light, (C)

ON

switch; (D) Auxiliary port.

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D