Meade LX90 Instruction Manual page 5

6. Remove the covers
compartments located on top of the drive base and
carefully lift the battery holders from their
compartments, being mindful of the connector
wires. Insert four (user-supplied) C-cell batteries
into each battery holder (eight batteries total),
oriented as shown on the diagram on the battery
holder.
Return the battery holders to the battery
compartment. See the diagram above. Replace the
covers when you are done.
HBX Port
ON/OFF
7. Slide the computer control panel power switch to
OFF, if necessary. Remove the AutoStar handbox
and the AutoStar interface cable from the packing
materials. Plug one end into the HBX port of the
computer control panel and plug the other end into
the Coil Cable port on the AutoStar handbox.
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A U T O S T A R
8. Flip the Power Switch on the computer control
panel to the ON position. The copyright message
lights on AutoStar's LCD display.
Battery
Rib
Compartment
Battery
Holder
from both battery
AutoStar Coil
Cable Port
Slew Speeds:
Speed 9: Fast
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Speed 5: Medium
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Speed 1: Slow
9. Press the key prompted by AutoStar to accept the
Sun warning. You can now use the Arrow keys to
slew (move) the telescope up, down, right, or left.
To change the telescope's slew speed, press the
Number keys. "9" is the fastest speed and "1" is
slowest speed. See page 17 for more details.
10. Tighten, to a firm feel only, the Dec and R.A. locks
(6 and 9, Fig. 1). Remove the dust cover from the
end of the telescope tube.
Thumbscrew
11. Remove the dust cap from the rear cell of the
telescope. Thread the eyepiece holder into the
rear cell thread. Slide the diagonal prism into
the eyepiece holder and lock in place by turning
the thumbscrew to a firm feel.
Place the Super Plössl 26mm eyepiece into the
diagonal prism and tighten the attachment
thumbscrew to a firm feel only.
Sight along the side of the telescope's main tube
to locate an object. Use the telescope's focus
knob (8, Fig. 1) to bring the object into focus.
Practice using the AutoStar's Arrow keys to center
an object in the telescope's field of view.
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Arrow
Keys
Number
Keys
R.A.
Lock
Dec
Lock
Thumb-
screw