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Scrolling Menu
This menus allows you to change the rate of speed that the text scrolls across the hand control display.
Press the Up (number 6) button to increase the speed of the text.
Press the Down (number 9) button to decrease the speed of the text.
Set Mount Position
The Set Mount Position menu can be used to maintain your alignment in cases where you wish to disengaged the clutches or
similar situation. For instance, you might use this feature if you needed to rebalance the mount after having completed an
alignment. To set the mount position simply slew to a bright star in the named star list then select
Set Mount Position
. The
hand control will sync on the star by asking you to center the star in the eyepiece and pressing the
Align
button. Once synced
on the star, you are free to manually move the
mount in both axes in order to rebalance. When
you are ready to slew the telescope to your next
object, just remember to manually return the
tube to the same bright star and carefully center
it in the eyepiece.
Using this tool will
invalidate the PEC index.
Turn On/Off GPS
-
If using your telescope
with the optional CN-16 GPS accessory (see
Optional Accessories
section of the manual),
you will need to turn the GPS on the first time
you use the accessory. If you want to use the
telescope's database to find the coordinates of a
celestial object for a future or past dates you
would need to turn the GPS off in order to
manually enter a time other than the present.
Turn On/Off RTC
-
Allows you to turn off
the telescopes internal real time clock. When
aligning, the telescope still receives time
information from the RTC. If you want to use
the hand control database to find the
coordinates of a celestial object for a future or
past dates you would need to turn the RTC off
in order to manually enter a time other than the
present.
Periodic Error Correction (PEC)
- PEC is
designed to improve photographic quality by
reducing the amplitude of the worm gear errors
and improving the tracking accuracy of the
drive.
This feature
is
for advanced
astrophotography and is used when your
telescope is accurately polar aligned. For more
information on using PEC, see the section on
“Astrophotography”.
Move to Switch -
Slews the telescope to
locate either the R.A. or Declination switches
UTILITIES
CALIBRATE
MOUNT
HOME
POSTION
LIGHTS
CONTROL
FACTORY
SETTINGS
VERSION
GET AXIS
POSITION
GOTO AXIS
POSITION
HIBERNATE
SUN MENU
SCROLLING
MENU
SET MOUNT
POSITION
TURN ON/OFF
GPS
PEC
GOTO
SET
GOTO
RA SWITCH
KEYPAD LEVEL
DISPLAY LEVEL
RECORD
PLAYBACK
TURN ON/OFF
RTC
Move to
Switch
RA TO SWITCH
DEC TO SWITCH
