Quick-start guide – Meade Instruments DS-2000 MAK Generation II Maksutov-Cassegrain Telesopes User Manual

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Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversable damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the
Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.

QUICK-START GUIDE

Attach the mounting arm assembly: Place the
mounting arm assembly into the tripod base.
Reach underneath and thread the mounting knob
through the tripod base and into the mounting
arm assembly. Tighten to a firm feel only, do not
overtighten. While observing, you may wish to
slightly loosen this knob and rotate the mounting
arm assembly with attached optical tube (

see

step #6 below) around the horizontal axis.

Open the tripod: Remove the tripod from the
giftbox and stand vertically. Gently pull the legs
apart to a fully open position. Attach the tray to the
tripod: Slide the bolts through the tray and struts.
Thread the wingnuts onto the bolts.

Fasten

wingnuts

Attach the optical tube: Place the base of the
optical tube (A) over the slot on the mounting
plate (B). Thread the two lock knobs (C) through
the slot on the mounting plate and into the screw
holes in the base of the optical tube, so that they
hold the optical tube loosely; do not tighten the
lock knobs at this point. Slide the tube back and
forth until you find a position where the tube
remains horizontal (

i.e., without tipping up and

down). Then tighten the lock knobs to a firm feel.

3b. Next, attach the mounting plate to the

mounting arm. Line up the mounting plate with
the mounting arm shaft. Replace the four screws
you removed in step #3a into the mating threads
as depicted in the diagram #3.

Mounting
Plate

Mounting
Arm Shaft

3a. Attach the Mounting Plate: If your telescope did

not come with the mounting plate already
attached, remove 4 screws from the mounting
arm shaft. Remove the screws using a "+"
(Phillips head) screwdriver. Loosen the Altitude
Lock (see Fig. 1a, page 6) and rotate the mount-
ing arm shaft counter-clockwise until it stops.
Retighten the Altitude lock.