Autostar Navigation - Meade Autostar 494 Instruction Manual

c. Autostar then prompts you to choose your tele-
scope model number. Use the Scroll keys to cycle
through the list of telescope models. Press ENTER
when your telescope model number displays.
NOTE: Autostar only prompts you to enter
Country/State, City, and Telescope Model
Number the first time it is activated. These
prompts do not appear again, unless you reset
Autostar (see "RESET," page 26).
However, if you change your geographic loca-
tion, you can change the location information by
using the Site option of the Setup menu. See
"SITE," page 26, for detailed information.
If you use Autostar with another DS model tele-
scope, you can change the model number infor-
mation using the "Telescope Model" option of the
Setup menu. See page
"CALIBRATE MOTOR," page 25.
11. System initialization is complete
and the display reads "Align:
Easy." Proceed to "AUTOSTAR
NAVIGATION" for general infor-
mation about Autostar before
training the drive and aligning the
telescope.
SETUP
Quick, easy alignment
permits all telescope
operations with only
a 2-minute setup.
Select Item:
UTILITIES
Calculate eyepiece
magnifications; set the
timer for an observing
session; or survey user
landmarks in 30-second
intervals.
Select Item:
GLOSSARY
Discover the world of astronomy
by alphabetically accessing
astronomical terms.
Fig. 6: Autostar Universe.

AUTOSTAR NAVIGATION

25. Also see
Figs. 5 and 6 depict the six primary categories listed in the
"Select Item" menu of Autostar. See "MOVING WITHIN
AUTOSTAR" to learn how to access these categories.
Object
It is important to understand that menu selections are set in
Event
a loop (Fig. 5). This means that pressing the Scroll Down
Guided Tours
Glossary
key (7, Fig. 1) cycles down through all the available options
Utilities
within a given category, then returns to the first option. The
Setup
Scroll Up key (6, Fig. 1) cycles up through the options in the
opposite order. Note that this capability is a quick way to get
to an option that is near the bottom of the list. The following
Fig. 5: Menus are set
in a loop.
example demonstrates this capability.
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OBJECT
Select from over 1400 database objects and
press GO TO to move the telescope automatically to the
object and place it in the telescopic field of view.
Select Item:
Object
Setup
The Universe of
Autostar
Utilities
Select Item:
Glossary
Select Item:
Event
EVENT
Access the time of
an astronomical
event, such as the
rising or setting
times of the Moon.
Select Item:
Guided Tour
GUIDED TOUR
Journey through the
universe as Autostar
escorts you to the
best celestial objects
at your location.