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Be sure to enter N or S with latitude and W or E with longitude.
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Your longitude and latitude must be entered using the degrees: minutes: seconds format. For help converting decimal
values to this format, refer to page 46
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Select ENT button to save.
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Once saved, select ENT button to use in your session. The Date & Time screen will appear.
Date and Time
Carefully review all of the information that is on this screen. If correct, press ENT. Otherwise, push the ± button to enter
new data or correct the existing data. An information screen will display regarding time zones and Daylight Saving
abbreviations. Press ENT to proceed.
1. Press the +/- button to modify the information.
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Time is in hours, minutes and seconds.
You MUST enter the time in 24 hour format!
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Date is in month, day and year. Use a leading zero if there is only one digit...example: 07 instead of 7.
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Enter Time Zone as W or E indicate on which side of the Prime Meridian you are located. Enter the time zone
in the first two number fields using a leading zero, if appropriate. The minutes fields are for 1/2 and 1/4 hour
time zones as found in parts of Australia, the Pacific and Asia. Time zone information is used to calculate the
zenith and LST of the object that you are viewing.
Like longitude, time zones are measured from the Prime Meridian. Time zones are entered into the keypad
as positive numbers. The keypad knows the difference because you have entered E or W. .
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Set Daylight Saving/Standard Time using the W or S buttons on your keypad..
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W= Standard Time, set to W in Winter or if you observe standard time year around.
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S= Daylight Saving Time, set to S in summer.
2. Press ENT=Save, double check your information. Pay particular attention to the time zone since this is often over-
looked. The keypad will beep.
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Press ENT=Yes to confirm
and daylight savings in greater detail and makes a case for setting your keypad to UTC.
Additional Information
Mach2GTO and 1100 or 1600 Mounts with absolute encoders:
After you have started the mount and are not sure if it is
pointing correctly, send the mount HOME . You can locate this function in most menus by pressing the +- button and then
press 1=Slew Home. The encoders will send your mount to the home position and recalibrate. This can also be used if
you inadvertently do a false recal or sync on an incorrect object that was commanded from any source. You do not need
