Meade LXD 650 - User Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Meade
®
#1697 Computer Drive System
For LXD 650 and LXD 750 Equatorial Mounts
Meade Instruments Corporation

Summary

INSTALLATION

QUICK START

Basic CDS Setup

Essential initial configuration steps for the CDS.

Entering the Latitude and Longitude of the Observing Site

Entering the Local Time and Date

Telescope and CDS Alignment

THE CDS KEYPAD HAND CONTROLLER

Control Panel Overview

MODE FUNCTIONS

1. MODE ONE: TELESCOPE; OBJECT LIBRARY

A. TELESCOPE Menu File

2) ALIGN

3) SMART

Controls the CDS Smart Drive for correcting gear imperfections.

9) High-Precision Pointing

11) DEC BACKLASH COMPENSATION

B. OBJECT LIBRARY Menu File

2) START FIND

4) PARAMETERS

2. MODE TWO: COORDINATES;GO TO

APPENDIX A: PRECISE POLAR ALIGNMENT

The method for precise polar alignment

Outlines the drift method for achieving precise polar alignment.

Meade LXD 650 Specifications