Table Of Contents - Vixen AP Equatorial Mount Instruction Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ---------------------------------------- P 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------------------------------------- P 3
BEFORE USE ----------------------------------------------------- P 4
AP Mount
: Check the Package Contents --------------------------------- P4
: Name of Each Components ----------------------------------- P5
: Maunt Specifications ------------------------------------------- P5
AP Photo Guider
: Check the Package Contents --------------------------------- P6
: Name of Each Components ----------------------------------- P7
: Mount & Cotroller Specifications ----------------------------- P8
AP-SM Mount
: Check the Package Contest ----------------------------------- P9
: Name of Each Components ----------------------------------- P10
: Mount & Cotroller Specifications ----------------------------- P11
STAR BOOK ONE
: Components Guide --------------------------------------------- P14
PREPARATION
Assembling the Mount --------------------------------------------- P15
: Setting up the Tripod ------------------------------------------ P15
: Attaching the Counterweight -------------------------------- P18
: Attaching the Optical Tube Assembly ----------------------- P19
: Attaching the Dovetail Slide Bar (AP Photo Guider) -------- P20
: Balancing the Equatorial Mount ------------------------------ P21
: Connecting the STAR BOOK ONE --------------------------- P25
: About Power Supply ------------------------------------------- P26
INITIAL SETTING AND BASIC OPERATION
: Tuning on the Power ------------------------------------------ P28
: Setting Language ---------------------------------------------- P28
: Moving the AP Mount
/ Moving the AP-SM Mount or Photo Guider ----------------- P29
: Changing the Slewing Speed --------------------------------- P29
: Changing Tension of the Friction Stop Motion ------------- P30
: Approximate Polar Aligning with the Finder Scope -------- P31
: Approximate Polar Aligning with the Polar Meter ---------- P33
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APPLICATION
: Polar Alignment Scope --------------------------------------- P34
: Polar Alignment in the Northern Hemisphere -------------- P36
: Polar Alignment in the Southern Hemisphere ------------- P41
: Mount Menu --------------------------------------------------- P47
Tracking Speed ------------------------------------------- P47
Tracking Direction ---------------------------------------- P48
Slewing Speed -------------------------------------------- P48
Backlash Compensation --------------------------------- P49
Setting for Autoguider ----------------------------------- P51
PEC -------------------------------------------------------- P52
: Display Menu -------------------------------------------------- P54
Contrast Adjustment ------------------------------------- P54
Brightness Adjustment ---------------------------------- P54
Backlight Adjustment ------------------------------------ P54
Red LED Light Adjustment ------------------------------ P55
: Other Functions ----------------------------------------------- P55
Field of View Orientation --------------------------------- P55
Reset ------------------------------------------------------ P56
AP Mount Composition Chart ------------------------------------ P56
Variations on the AP Mount --------------------------------------- P57
How to Change the Modules ------------------------------------- P58
: Changing the R.A. Motor Module for the Manual
Slow Motion Control Module. ------------------------------- P58
: Changing the Manual Slow Motion Control Module
for the DEC. Motor Module. --------------------------------- P60
: Changing the Maunal Slow Motion Control Module
for R.A Motor Module. --------------------------------------- P62
: Upgrading the AP Photo Guider to the AP Mount --------- P64
Replacing the Fuse ------------------------------------------------ P67
SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions --------------------------------------------------------- P68
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