DETAILED ASSEMBLY
Remove all components from the carton and identify all components. READ THROUGH ASSEMBLY
INSTRUCTION BEFORE YOU ASSEMBLE YOUR TELESCOPE.
Attach Accessory Tray and Telescope
1.
Fold down the accessory tray braces and place the Accessory Tray on top of braces. Attach
Accessory Tray with included three small accessory tray bolts and nuts.
2.
Locate the pre-assembled
Tripod
and
Equatorial Mount
. Remove attachment bolts at top of
Equatorial Mount
. Attach
Telescope Main Tube
to the top of the
Equatorial Mount
. Secure in place
by reinserting bolts through
Equatorial Mount
into base plate.
Attach Fine Adjustment Cables, Counterweight, and Finderscope
1.
Locate the
Fine Adjustment Cables
. Screw the silver collars, located at the end of the
Fine Adjustment
Cables,
to the corresponding silver posts found on the
Equatorial Mount
.
2.
Locate the
Counterweight
and
Counterweight Shaft
. Loosen the thumb screw located on the
Counterweight
and slide the
Counterweight
onto the
Counterweight Shaft
, and tighten thumb screw to
secure the
Counterweight
. Thread the
Counterweight Shaft
into the hole located directly below the
Declination Lock Knob
. Make sure that the shaft is securely locked into mount.
3.
Locate the
Finderscope
with pre-assembled
Finderscope Mount
. Remove the two nuts located near
the front of the telescope (closet to the eyepiece) and place the
Finderscope
and
Finderscope Mount
over the exposed screws. Replace the nuts, and securely tighten the
Finderscope
and
Finderscope
Mount
in place.
4.
Adjust tripod leg height to suit by opening tripod leg lock and extending tripod legs to desired height.
TightenTripod Leg Lock when complete.
5.
Remove objective dust cover ensuring that the entire diameter of the telescope tube is exposed.
6.
Insert
Eyepiece
into Diagonal Mirror then both into the focusing tube to begin viewing.
6.
