Meade Autostar Manuel d'instructions télécharger pdf (Page 27)

Tip:

The Contrast Adjustment

feature is usually only

required in very cold

weather.

If you adjust the contrast

so that you can no longer

read the display, turn off

the power and turn it on

again. When Version

appears on the display (the

initial display screens are

not affected by the

Contrast control), press

MODE.

Glossary menu or through hypertext words embedded in Autostar. A hypertext word is

any word in [brackets], usually found when using the Autostar Help function or when

reading a scrolling message such as a description of a planet or star. Press ENTER

whenever a hypertext word is on screen and Autostar goes to the glossary entry for

that word.

To access directly from the Glossary menu, use the Scroll keys to scroll through the

alphabet. Press ENTER on the desired letter. Scroll to the desired entry and then

press ENTER to read the description.

Utilities Menu

The Utilities menu provides access to several extra features within Autostar, including

a countdown timer and an alarm. The Utilities functions include:

Timer selects a countdown timer. This feature is useful for functions such as

astrophotography and tracking satellites. See

OBSERVING SATELLITES, page 32. To

use the Timer, press ENTER, then choose “Set” or “Start/Stop."

■

Set: Enter the time to be counted down, in hours, minutes and seconds, then press

ENTER.

■ Start/Stop: Activates the timer set previously. Use the Scroll keys to toggle

between ON and OFF. When ON is displayed, press ENTER to activate the timer.

When the timer runs out, four beeps sound and the timer is deactivated.

Alarm selects a time for an alarm signal as a reminder. To use the Alarm, press

ENTER, then choose "Set" or "Start/Stop."

■

Set: Enter the time of day for the alarm to sound, in hours, minutes and seconds,

then press ENTER.

■ Start/Stop: Activates the alarm set previously. Use the Scroll keys to toggle

between ON and OFF. When ON is displayed, press ENTER to activate the

alarm. When the alarm time arrives, Autostar beeps. Press ENTER to deactivate

the alarm.

Eyepiece Calc calculates information about an eyepiece for the specific telescope to

which Autostar is connected.

■ Field of View: Scroll through a list of available eyepieces. When an eyepiece is

selected, the field of view is calculated.

■ Magnification: Scroll through a list of available eyepieces. When an eyepiece is

selected, the magnification is calculated.

■ Suggest: Autostar calculates and suggests the best eyepiece for viewing, based

on the telescope and the object being viewed.

Display Options enables or disables Autostar’s two initial displays. If both displays

are disabled, Autostar begins with the Date display.

■ Sun Warning: Turns the SUN WARNING message on or off.

■ Getting Started: Turns the GETTING STARTED message on or off.

Brightness Adj: Adjusts the brightness of the display using the Scroll keys. When

complete, press ENTER.

Contrast Adj: Adjusts the contrast of the display using the Scroll keys. When complete,

press ENTER.

NOTE: This feature is usually only required in very cold weather.

Beep: Turns the beep on or off.

Landmark Survey automatically slews the telescope to all user-defined landmarks

with a short pause at each location. Press ENTER to start the survey. While a slew is

in progress, press any key to skip that object and go to the next landmark on the list.

To observe a landmark for a longer period, press MODE when paused on the object

to stop the survey. Press ENTER to restart the survey at the first object on the list. See

LANDMARKS, page 36, for information about creating a Landmark survey.

Use the Utilities menu

to perform many of

Autostar’s useful features,

such as setting an alarm,

adjust the display contrast,

calculate the best eyepiece

for viewing an object, set

up your own landmark

survey, and so forth.

Tips:

To use the Landmark

function, the telescope

must be located and

aligned exactly as when

the landmark(s) was added

to the database.

To add objects to the

Landmark database, the

telescope must be located

and aligned exactly as

when the original objects

were added to the

database.

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