Contents
1. Important Notes about this Manual .......................... 4
1.1 Text symbols and their meanings ............................... 4
2. Safety Notes .................................................................. 6
2.1 General safety notes .................................................... 6
2.2 Technical data ............................................................... 6
3. Overview of Components ............................................ 8
4. Unpacking .................................................................... 12
5. Assembling the Microscope .................................... 14
5.1 Assembling the DIC Module
and DIC objective prisms ........................................... 15
5.2 Assembling the specimen stage .............................. 16
5.3 Inserting the eyepieces ............................................. 18
5.4 Inserting the objectives ............................................. 18
5.5 Assembling the incident light illuminator ................ 19
5.5.1 Assembling the LED lamp housing ........................... 19
5.5.2 Assembling the fluorescence illuminator ............... 19
5.6 Equipping the incident light reflector turret ........... 20
5.7 Assembling the polarizer and analyzer ................... 21
5.8 Assembling the transmitted light
illuminator arm (TL) ..................................................... 22
5.8.1 Tiltable transmitted light illuminator arm ................ 22
5.8.2 Fixed transmitted light illuminator arm .................... 23
5.9 Assembling the condensers
for the tiltable transmitted light illuminator arm .... 24
5.10 Assembling the transmitted light lamp housing ..... 30
5.11 Wiring ............................................................................ 31
5.11.1 Wiring for microscopes with
transmitted light illuminator arm .............................. 32
6. Startup .......................................................................... 33
6.1 Adjusting the diaphragms
for the incident light illuminator ................................ 33
6.2 Inspecting the phase contrast ring ......................... 34
6.3 Setting the polarizer ................................................... 36
6.4 Condenser centering .................................................. 37
7. Index ............................................................................. 38
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