iOptron IEQ30 manual

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    1 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 569-0200 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  Quick Start Guide The iEQ30™ GoTo German Equatorial Mount #3000 PACKAGE CONTENTS • Telescope Mount (with built-in GPS) • Go2Nova TM #8407 Han d Controller • 1.5-inch Tripod • One 10lb (4.5 kg) counter weight • One co[...]

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    2 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 569-0200 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  Quick Setup 1. Setup tripod : Expand the tripod legs and lock the Tripod Support so that the tripod le gs stay open (Figure 1). Adjust the tripod height by unlocking and re-lo cking the tripod legs to desired height. Position th[...]

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    3 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 569-0200 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  5. Connect Cables : Attach one end of a RJ-11 cable into the socket on the side of the DEC unit and the other end into the DEC port located on R.A. unit. Us ing another RJ-11 cable to connect the hand controller to the HBX port [...]

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    4 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 569-0200 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  9. Manual Operation of the Mount : Now you can observe astronomical objects using the arrow key s of a Go2Nova TM hand controller. Flip the I/O switch o n the telescope mount to turn on the mount. Use ► , ◄ , ▼ or ▲ butt[...]

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    5 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 569-0200 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  iEQ30 Assembly Term Lat. Adj. Knob & Lever DEC Clutch Dovetail Saddle Dovetail Lock Screw R.A. Unit Polar Scope Cove r Lat. Lock ing Screw (4) Azi. Adj. Knob Azi. Locking Screw (2) DEC Unit Polar Axis Cove r DEC Axis CW Shaf[...]

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    6 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 569-0200 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  IOPTRON TWO YEAR TELESCOPE, MO UNT, AND CONTROLLER WARRANTY A. iOptron warrants your telescope, mount, or controller to be fr ee from defects in materials and workmanship for two years. iO ptron will repair or replace such produ[...]