Once the telescope is powered on again, the display will read Wake Up.
After pressing Enter, you have the option of scrolling through the time/site
information to confirm the current setting. Press ENTER to wake up the
telescope.
Pressing UNDO at the Wake Up screen allows you to explore many
of the features of the hand control without waking the telescope
up from hibernate mode. To wake up the telescope after UNDO has
been pressed, select Hibernate from the Utility menu and press
ENTER. Do not use the direction buttons to move the telescope
while in hibernate mode.
Sun Menu
For safety purposes the Sun will not be displayed as a database object
unless it is first enabled. To enable the Sun, go to the Sun Menu and press
ENTER. The Sun will now be displayed in the Planets catalog and can
be used as an alignment object when using the Solar System Alignment
method. To remove the Sun from displaying on the hand control, once again
select the Sun Menu from the Utilities Menu and press ENTER.
Scrolling Menu
This menu allows you to change the rate of speed that the text scrolls
across the hand control display.
• Press the Up (number 6) button to increase the speed of
the text.
• Press the Down (number 9) button to decrease the speed
of the text.
Calibrate GoTo
GoTo Calibration is a useful tool when attaching heavy visual or
photographic accessories to the telescope. GoTo Calibration calculates
the amount of distance and time it takes for the mount to complete its
final slow GoTo when slewing to an object. Changing the balance of the
telescope can prolong the time it takes to complete the final slew. GoTo
Calibration takes into account any slight imbalances and changes the final
GoTo distance to compensate.
Set Mount Position
The Set Mount Position menu can be used to recover an alignment in cases
where the telescope or tripod has been manually moved. For instance,
you might use this feature if you needed to adjust the level of the tripod by
raising or lowering the tripod legs. After the mount has been moved, simply
slew to a bright star and center it up in the eyepiece, then select Set Mount
Position from the Utilities menu. Since the telescope has been moved, the
pointing accuracy will be diminished. But now you can slew to a new set of
alignment stars and replace any of the original alignment stars with the
new stars. This will help you to avoid having to start the alignment process
over from the beginning.
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