Setting Up the Globe
Assembly Instructions
Remove the globe and its meridian by
pulling up on the two sides of the
cardboard packaging. The cardboard
packaging will also come out with the
globe. Put the globe aside. Open the
separate box at the bottom of the
carton. This box contains the base of
the globe, as well as the hardware
required for assembly.
Caution! When attaching the meridian to
the base, do NOT apply pressure to the
globe ball.
The assembly hardware (spring and lock
nut) is contained in a plastic bag found in
the components box. Put the unit
together by placing the globe meridian
shaft into the hole in the electronic base,
as shown.
Hold the meridian and the base together
and turn them upside down. Put the
spring over the meridian shaft. Put the
lock nut over the shaft. With one hand
firmly on the base of the meridian and
the other hand on the lock nut, push
down firmly on the spring, as shown.
Turn the lock nut
1
⁄
4
rotation around the
shaft and release.
Operating the Unit with Batteries
For the best operation, always use fresh alkaline batteries. Follow these
directions:
1. Carefully open the battery compartment door located on the bottom
of the base unit of the globe.
2. Install four fresh C-cell (DC 1.5v ---) batteries in the battery
compartment, carefully following the diagram showing correct battery
installation. This diagram is found inside the battery compartment of
the globe’s electronic base.
• Batteries must be inserted with the correct polarity.
• Only batteries of the same or equivalent type are to be used.
• Do not mix old and new batteries. Do not mix alkaline, standard
(carbon-zinc), or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium) batteries.
• Remove exhausted batteries from the unit.
• The supply terminals must not be short-circuited.
• Non-rechargeable batteries must not be recharged.
• Do not use rechargeable batteries.
3. Close the compartment door.
4. Turn on your unit by pressing the ON/OFF key on the globe base.
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