Setting Up The Telescope; Attaching The Scope To The Tripod - Meade Adventure Scope Series Instruction Manual

Note: Number in brackets, e.g., (3),
refer to Fig. 1A, 1B, and 1C unless
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noted otherwise.
SETTING UP THE TRIPOD
1.Remove the tripod from the backpack.
2. Spread out the tripod legs until the leg
struts(#20) are fully extended.
3. Turn the leg strut lock(#22)
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 telescope as it is moving.
clockwise to secure the leg struts in place.
This will prevent the tripod legs from
collapsing inward causing instability. Be sure
to set the tripod up on stable ground.
4. Adjust the tripod to the proper viewing
height by unlock the tripod leg locks(#20)
and slide out each tripod leg. Relock each leg
lock(#20) to secure the leg in place.
5. Adjust each leg so the tripod head(#16)
is in the level position. If needed, use the
integrated bubble level(#18) located at the
top of the tripod leg.
Fig. 2

ATTACHING THE SCOPE TO THE TRIPOD

1. Press the quick mount latch (#23) forward,
as far as it will go, and hold it open.
2. Lift to remove the mounting shoe out of the
tripod base, then let go of the latch.
Remove mount-
ing shoe, attach
Fig. 3
ota, then replace
onto tripod.
3. On the bottom of the mounting shoe, lift the
wing-nut knob so that it stands straight out.
4. Thread the mounting shoe bolt into the
bottom of the optical tube using the wing-nut
knob to turn the bolt. Tighten to a firm feel.
5. Reopen the quick mount latch and slide the
quick mount plate (with optical tube attached)
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