Bedienungsanleitung iOptron GO2NOVA 3100

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Quick Start Guide

The SmartEQ™ Portable German Equatorial GOTO Mount
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PACKAGE CONTENTS
• One 2 lbs (0.9 kg) counterweight
• Telescope Mount
• One hand controller cable
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• Go2Nova #8408 Hand Controller
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• 1.25-inch Tripod with accessory tray
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• Manuals (you will need to refer to the full manual for details on set-up and operation).
• Tips for set up
• Hand controller firmware upgrades (check onlin

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Quick Setup 1. Setup tripod: Expand the tripod legs. Put the Accessory Tray onto the Tripod Support Bracket. Slightly push down Accessory Tray while turn it, until the tray is locked into the Tripod Support Bracket. (Figure 1). Adjust the tripod height by unlocking and re-locking the tripod leg screws (not shown) to a desired height. Position the tripod so that the Alignment Peg faces north, if you are in Northern Hemisphere (Figure 2). Alignment peg Accessory tray Tripod support brac

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accidentally disconnect the wires. Insert 4 AA batteries into each holder. Replace the holder back into the battery compartment and replace the lid. Plug hand controller into the HBX port on the mount (Figure 8). Turn on power and use four Arrow keys ( ▲ ▼◄►) to rotate the mount Up, Down, Left, and Right. Use the SPEED key to change the slew rate from the slowest (1X) to the fastest (MAX). Battery holder (X2) Figure 7 Figure 8 4. Set the Location Latitude and Polar Alignment: In o

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5. Install Counterweight (CW): The SmartEQ comes with one 2 lbs (0.9 kg) counterweight. However, because of its unique design, no CW is needed if the payload is less than 4 lbs. The mount and installed batteries will provide balancing weight needed. If a payload is greater than 8.8 lbs (4 kg), additional CW is needed. The Counterweight Shaft is stored inside the mount head. If a CW is needed, release the CW Shaft Locking Screw to pull out the shaft. Mount a CW onto the shaft and tighten the

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The mount also implements a Power On Tracking function. If you forget bring the hand controller with you or hand controller is under service, you still can use the mount to tracking the celestial object. Without plug in the hand controller, the mount will start to tracking when the power switch is turned ON. Loosen R.A. and DEC clutches (Figure 12), manually push the telescope in R.A. and DEC to desired observing target, and retighten the R.A. DEC clutches. 8. Setup Controller: The time a

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IOPTRON ONE YEAR TELESCOPE, MOUNT, AND CONTROLLER WARRANTY A. iOptron warrants your telescope, mount, or controller to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one years. iOptron will repair or replace such product or part which, upon inspection by iOptron, is found to be defective in materials or workmanship. As a condition to the obligation of iOptron to repair or replace such product, the product must be returned to iOptron together with proof-of-purchase satisfactory t