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Meade CaptureView 8x42 Operating Instructions Manual

Meade CaptureView 8x42 Operating Instructions Manual

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Operating Instructions

Meade
Integrated Binocular and Digital Camera
WARNING! Never use a Meade
Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage
to your eye. Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to
the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not
point the binocular at or near the Sun. Children should always have
adult supervision while observing.
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8 x 42 2.0D CaptureView
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Fig. 1: Top View
1. Diopter Scale (on
underside of right
eyepiece)
2. SD Card Port
3. Eyepiece
4. Menu Button
5. Shutter Button
6. Left Button
7. Right Button
8. LCD Screen
9. Objective Lens
10. Camera Lens
(not visible, see
Fig. 2)
11. Barrel
12. USB Port
13. Battery
Compartment Lid
(see Fig. 2)
14. Focus knob (not
visible, see
Fig. 2)

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  • Page 1: Operating Instructions

    Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point the binocular at or near the Sun. Children should always have adult supervision while observing.
  • Page 2 Meade DB5 I Book.qxd 6/23/03 I. Introduction Meade CaptureView is an 8 x 42mm full-featured binocular integrated with a digital camera that requires no film to take pictures or movies. For best results, please follow these operating instructions to capture and download pictures.

  • Page 3: How To Use Your Binocular

    Meade DB5 I Book.qxd 6/23/03 II. How to Use Your Binocular To enhance your viewing enjoyment, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with your new binocular: Adjustment of Eye Relief for Eyeglass Wearers For best results when viewing an object while wearing eyeglasses, fold down the rubber eyecups and place them against your glasses.
  • Page 4 4. Use the Right or Left buttons to move the selection box over Exit and press the Menu button to exit the menu mode. 5. Sight on a target by looking through the binocular eyepieces or by looking at the LCD.
  • Page 5 Meade DB5 I Book.qxd 6/23/03 menu button. The last image you captured displays on the LCD screen. Use the right and left buttons to scroll through your captured images or movies (each movie counts as one item). A counter appears at the upper left. If the counter reads, 3/5, for example, it means the third of five items.
  • Page 6 Meade DB5 I Book.qxd 6/23/03 Digital Still Camera mode. Select to take still images. Remember to check your resolution setting before taking a still image. Playback Mode. Select to review still images captured in the DSC mode. Press the Right or Left Arrow buttons to scroll through the items (still pictures or movies) you have captured.
  • Page 7 Meade DB5 I Book.qxd 6/23/03 Monitor Off. Select Monitor Off to turn off menu icons on the LCD (giving you a more unobstructed view on the LCD). Buzzer Setting Buzzer On. Select this setting to turn Buzzer on. Buzzer Off. Select this setting to turn Buzzer off.

  • Page 8: System Requirements

    Meade DB5 I Book.qxd 6/23/03 Fig. 3: Connecting CaptureView to a PC V. System Requirements 1. Windows 98/Win M/Win 2000/Win XP 2. 200MHz (or equivalent) processor or faster. 3. 64MB of RAM free over System requirements 4. Video (VGA) card with 2MB of RAM for minimum 16-bit (High Color) display.
  • Page 9 Meade DB5 I Book.qxd 6/23/03 For Win98 Users Note for Win98 Users: DirectX 8.1 or higher must be installed on your PC before you can download images. If you do not have DirectX 8.1 or higher on your PC, DirectX 8.1 is included on the CD ROM. To install, click the "Install DirectX"...

  • Page 10: Maintenance

    Meade DB5 I Book.qxd 6/23/03 system (Note: You cannot load to a Mac or Unix system using the camera's USB port—you must use a flash card reader). When using a flash card reader, the flash card looks like a hard drive to your computer.

  • Page 11: Specifications

    Meade DB5 I Book.qxd 6/23/03 2. Take the batteries out when CaptureView is NOT to be used over a long period. 3. Avoid dropping the CaptureView. Do not disassemble CaptureView. 4. Download pictures to your PC before removing the batteries.
  • Page 12 ONE YEAR from the date of original purchase in the U.S.A. and Canada. At its option, Meade will repair or replace the product, or part thereof, found upon inspection by Meade to be defective, provided the defective part or product is returned to Meade, freight prepaid, with proof of purchase.

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