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Attach telescope: There are two arrows on the
6.
dovetail saddle. One is for telescope mounting
(dovetail saddle side-mounted) and the other is for
binocular
(dovetail
telescope/binocular into the dovetail saddle. Make
sure that the objective end is pointing to the
direction as the arrow mark on the dovetail pointed
to.
Tighten dovetail saddle locking screw to secure the
telescope
Connect cables: Connect the Go2Nova
7.
Controller to the HBX port on the mount back. Plug in
a 12V DC power supply (5.5/2.1mm plug, center
positive) to the DC12V IN socket.
up-mounted).
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Power the mount on and go: Just flip the power
8.
switch ON and wait! You can choose the mount
Assist Alignment Wizard. Just click ENTER button to
let the mount find the Zero position: Zenith and
magnetic south. If the mount picks up the GPS signal
during 360 degree AZI rotation, the mount will go to
alignment step automatically.
Note: The date and time displayed on the hand
controller may differ from your local time. Just ignore
it. You can change it later, as indicated in Step 13.
If the mount does not pick up the GPS signal, the
mount will stopped and asks for "Please verify the
following settings". Press ENTER key to manually
enter the date, time, UTC offset, DST and GPS
the
location.
Then the mount will slew to a bright star/planet for
star calibration. Follow the instruction on the hand
controller screen to center the bright star in your
eyepiece using four arrow keys. If the star displayed is
blocked by a tree or building, just press the BACK
button to go to next one. Now you can use Select and
Slew to go to any objects!
Warning: During the daytime operation, the mount
may choose Sun as the only alignment object. DO
NOT look at the sun through the scope, unless there
is a solar filter installed. You may just press ENTER to
complete the process.
Note: In the event that the mount fails to perform
self-calibration or you would like to skip this at all,
please refer to on-line Instruction Manuel for how to
set up the mount manually.
Go to an object: Press MENU => "Select and Slew".
9.
Select a category (for example, "Solar System"), then
select an object of interest (for example, "Moon").
Press ENTER and the telescope will slew to the object
and automatically start tracking.
Sync to target: If the object is not in the center of the
10.
eyepiece, use this function to center and synchronize
the object to improve local GOTO accuracy. Press
MENU => "Sync to Target". Follow the on screen
instruction to perform the function.
(TIP: After slewing to an object, a list of nearby bright
object(s) can be displayed by pressing "?" button.)
Set controller: Press the MENU button; then
11.
"Settings" => "Set Time & Site".
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