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PERFACE
The SKYPOD Altazimuth Mount features automatic slewing of celestial objects on the screen of its dedicated hand controller ‘STAR BOOK-S’
and a various convenient menus and functions that will help you in enjoying your observation in the night sky. We hope you will enjoy exploring
celestial wonders anywhere with the SKYPOD.
This manual is prepared in common with all the SKYPOD series telescopes. You may occasionally find descriptions in the text not relevant to
your model, this depends on the model you purchased.
Always keep the instruction manual near to your mount or telescope to enable any operational queries to be easily answered.
This instruction manual describes necessar y precautions for the safe use of the product by preventing yourself and others from possible
injuries as well as damages to the equipment.
Please read this instruction manual carefully before use, and follow them precisely.
CAUTION
WARNING!
Never look directly at the sun with your naked eyes or through any telescope or its
finder scope or guide scope. Permanent and irreversible eye damage may result.
Never connect the cable of the STAR BOOK-S with other equipment such as a PC. It may cause
a failure, heating, or electrical shock.
We thank you very much for your purchase of our product from a series of the
Vixen SKYPOD Altazimuth Mount astronomical telescopes.
Do not tr y to restrain the movement when the mount in operation, which may lead to injuries to yourself
or equipment damage.
Do not leave the optical tube uncapped in daytime. It may cause a fire from the objective lens or mirror
of the optical tube or finder scope in case of sunlight passing through the telescope.
Do not use the product while moving or walking, where injuries could arise from collision with objects or
stumbling or falling.
Keep tiny caps, desiccant, or vinyl packing mater ials away from children. It may cause danger from
swallowing or suffocation.
Do not use the product in a wet environment and do not touch with wet hands.
Do not tur n the power switches of the SKYPOD and STAR BOOK-S to on under conditions that inter nal
dew condensation is suspected on them. It may cause failure by leakage of electricity.
HANDLING
Do not leave the product inside a car in bright sunshine, or in hot places. Keep any strong heat radiation
sources away from the product.
When cleaning, do not use the organic solvent such as paint thinners or similar.
Do not expose the product to rain, water drops, dir t or sand.
Avoid touching any lens or mirror surfaces directly with hands. In case a lens or mirror becomes dir ty with
fingerprints or general smears, gently wipe it using a commercially available lens cleaner and a lens cleaning
paper, or consult your local Vixen dealer.
Blow off dust on lens using a commercially available blower brush.
For storage, keep the product in dr y places, and do not expose to direct sunlight.
Remove the batteries from the batter y box while the product is not used for a long time.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant
of Par t 15 of the FCC Rules.
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