Quick-Start Guide - Meade ETX-80AT-BB Instruction Manual

QUICK-START GUIDE

Step 2a: Loosen the locking ring....
Step 2b: ...and push down as far
as it will go to open tripod.
Step 6: Attach bolts and thread
into key-like holes.
Step 7: Loosen vertical lock to
move optical tube.
Setting up the Tripod
Step 1: Remove the telescope and tripod from the giftbox.
Step 2: Hold the tripod by its handle and turn the locking
ring to loosen the tripod mechanism. Push down on the lock-
ing ring as far as it will go to spread out the tripod legs. Turn
the locking ring to tighten the tripod in place.
Step 3: You can adjust the height of the tripod, by lifting a
leg lock lever and sliding the inner leg in or out to the
desired length. Then re-tighten the lock. Repeat for the other
two legs.
Step 4: Use the tripod on level and even ground. Pointing
accuracy depends on the base of the tripod being level with
the horizon. The bubble level on top of the tripod can help
determine if the base is level: Move the base until the bubble
is in the center of the circle.
Attach the Telescope to the Base
Step 5: Thread the supplied bolts about two or three turns
through the underside of the telescope base.
Step 6: Line up the bolts over the key-like holes on the base
of the tripod and slide the bolts into the holes. Rotate the
telescope clockwise until the bolts fit into the hole bays.
Then, reach under the tripod base and tighten the bolts to a
firm feel.
Step 7: Loosen the vertical lock and move the optical tube
downward. Then, re-tighten the vertical lock.
Step 8: Remove the inverted dewshield from the end of the
telescope. Unthread the dust cover to remove from the
scope. Thread the dewshield over the end of the telescope.
Step 9: Remove the eyepiece caps from the 90 degree eye-
piece holder and the rear cell port. Screw on the 45 degree
prism to the rear cell port. You can put two eyepieces into
this telescope at the same time.
Step 10 : Slip a lower power eyepiece, such as a 25mm or
26 mm eyepiece into the 45 degree prism and another eye-
piece into the 90 degree holder.
You can switch between the two eyepieces by turning the flip
mirror control to the up or down position.
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