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Daylight Savings: When time is entered, it must be identified as

Standard or Daylight Savings. Daylight Savings is when clocks are

set ahead one hour. If Daylight Savings, select YES, otherwise

choose NO. Use the SCROLL keys (8 & 9) to chose YES or NO.

When the screen is correct, press ENTER to complete the entry.

Telescope Site: The location on Earth (site) of the telescope must

be entered. Use the SCROLL keys to pick the nearest Country (or

State) from the alphabetical list. When the screen shows the correct

selection, press ENTER. Next use the SCROLL keys to select the

nearest City. Press ENTER when the best choice is displayed.

NOTE: Not all countries or cities are listed. Pick the nearest from

available choices. To add more sites, see the Setup:Site:Add menu.

Telescope Model: Use the SCROLL keys to display the telescope

model, then press ENTER. The telescope model can be found on

the telescope box or a foil label on the telescope tube. Autostar

automatically requests this information only once.

Autostar Initialization Complete: In future sessions, Autostar only

requests the date and time during the power-on sequence. Other

items (such as language, motor calibration, site, and telescope

model) remain unchanged from the previous session.

After initializing, Autostar pauses at the alignment menu. Alignment

relates objects in the sky to the position of the telescope. Autostar

needs to be aligned accurately to find objects. Before proceeding

with alignment, a general explanation of Autostar functions is helpful.

Autostar Manual Operation

Moving the Telescope: The ARROW keys (5) move the telescope

in four directions; up, down, left, and right. The speed of movement

is changed by pressing a numeric key from 1 to 9, with 9 being the

fastest. Speed settings remain until changed by pressing a different

number. Take time now to move the telescope using the ARROW

keys. Pick an object and point the telescope at it. Use a slower

speed when nearing the object to accurately center it in the

viewfinder and then in the eyepiece. These skills are useful when

training and aligning the telescope.

Keypad and Help Function: The Autostar keypad has 20 keys. To

briefly. Holding a key for a longer period causes a repeated key

entry. This is useful for operations which require multiple keystrokes.

The Help (“?”) key (10), provides advice on operations, in the form

of a moving message.

LCD Screen and Hypertext: The Autostar screen has 2 lines of 16

characters each. The top line is the current active function or menu

and the bottom line is the next level of options, data, or a message.

When a moving message appears the speed can be changed using

the SCROLL keys. To exit the message, press MODE briefly, unless

the message gives some other instruction. Sometimes embedded in

a moving message is a bracketed [word], referred to as “Hypertext.”

Autostar Hypertext is similar to that used on the Internet. While a

Hypertext word is visible, press ENTER, and the definition of the

word appears, replacing the first message. After the new message

is complete, press MODE and return to the original message. If the

Hypertext is an object, like Jupiter, press GO TO while the word is

visible and the telescope moves and points at the object.

Autostar Menus

Autostar Menu Structures: Autostar has menus with lists of

available features (see Figure 1). The menus are organized in

descending levels and are seen on the Autostar screen (1). The top

line of the screen is the currently active menu category and the

bottom line has the list of menu options that can be selected. Four

keys are used to navigate the menus; ENTER, MODE, and both

SCROLL keys. Pressing ENTER activates the item listed on the

bottom line (moving down a menu level) and moves it to the top line.

With the selected function on the top line, a new list of functions can

then be displayed on the bottom line. To go back to the previous

menu (moving up a menu level), press MODE. Pressing a SCROLL

key changes the menu item visible on the bottom line. Since only

one item of a menu list can be displayed on the bottom line, scrolling

makes the other choices visible.

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