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Microscope Preparation
Open packing box carefully, and lift microscope out of shipping
container. Remove all packing materials on eyepieces, stage, and
illuminator.
Check the coarse focus tension. The knobs are oversized, designed
for better gripping. The coarse (larger) focus knob should turn easily to
change the focus. The stage should move up and down when either the
coarse or fine adjust knobs are turned. Watch the up-down motion of the
stage; it should not drift or slip on its own.
Check the stage stop feature. The stage stop is a knurled thumb
screw with a lock nut found on the main frame, just behind the stage. To
check the stage stop, place a prepared slide in normal position for
viewing. Place the 40x objective into viewing position and move the
coarse focus knob until the object and stage are as close together as they
can be WITHOUT TOUCHING. Look through the eyepiece at the slide,
and get the specimen into focus. The objective should be very close to
the slide, but not touching. If the stage stop is not set correctly, loosen the
locking nut and thumb screw, and reset the stage stop, tightening both
when correct position is attained.
Microscope Use and Instructions
Visit the Ken-A-Vision Web site, http://www.ken-a-vision.com/pdf/
MicroscopePrimer.pdf, for a Microscope Primer on general microscope
usage.
Operation
The NiMH batteries of your microscope need to be charged. Plug in
the round pin adapter from the supplied battery charger (or a Ken-A-
Vision Multicharger, SCGN06) into the back of your microscope. Connect
the opposite end to an electrical outlet. Charge the unit overnight
(approximately 12 hours or more) and your microscope is now ready for
up to 40 hours of continuous operation.
Power switch
This microscope has a double switch at rear right of the microscope.
Depressing the right side switch controls the bottom illuminator (sub-
stage transmitted light), providing light through the condenser for a
standard microscope slide. Depressing the left side switch turns on the
supra-stage incident light for macro and opaque objects. The center
position of the switch is OFF.
