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3. Maintenance and Servicing
3.1. Maintenance
The SkyTracker
mount. Do not drop the mount. This will damage the mount or degrade the tracking accuracy
permanently. Use a damp cloth to clean the mount if necessary. Do not use solvent.
If your mount is not to be used for an extended period, remove the battery from the mount.
3.2. Trouble Shooting
1. Unit does not power on?
Make sure FOUR (4) fresh batteries are installed with correct polarity. Or an AC/DC adapter 9-14V,
center positive, is used
2. Mount wobbling in AZ base/latitude adjustment?
If it occurs in latitude adjuster, make sure the latitude lock screw is fully tightened. If it is in AZ
panning base, you may tighten, but not over tighten the base with a flat tip screw driver. Or adjust the
metal washers inside the bottom hole.
3. Polar scope dial is not illuminated or is not bright enough?
Make sure that the polar scope is slide all the way in and the illumination LED is under the center
of the dial opening. Contact iOptron if brighter or green color LED is needed.
4. The polar scope dial is not focused?
Please adjust the polar scope eyepiece to focus your eye sight on to the polar scope dial. See
STEP 5 on page 8.
5. Can't see star clearly through the polar scope while doing polar alignment?
Adjust objective lens by tuning the long tube while looking through the polar scope eyepiece. See
STEP 5 on page 8.
6. Battery cover cannot be installed?
Please follow the instruction STEP 1 exactly listed on page 6 to put the wires in first.
7. The star is trailing while imaging?
The camera mount is a single axis tracking mount. Polar alignment is critical to the tracking
accuracy. Make sure your polar alignment is correct. The tracking speed is set at 1X for sky imaging.
Correct Northern/Southern hemisphere is selected.
8. Where should I put the Polaris when dong polar alignment?
You may have one of following choices:
iPhone App for iOptron polar scope available here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ioptron-polar-scope/id564078961?mt=8
Android app for iOptron polar alignment here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.techhead.polarfinder
Or you can download and install a window based program:
http://www.polarfinder.com/windows.html
Or a Mac/windows based program:
http://www.trutek-uk.com/takahashi/polarisfinder1-2en.htm. When mapping the Polaris position
from the 24 hrs dial to iOptron polar scope, you need to divide it by 2, i.e. the reading on the
dial is 10 o'clock, then you should put the Polaris in your polar scope at 5 o'clock.
TM
camera mount is designed to be maintenance free. Do not overload the
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