iOptron SmartStar 9503 User Manual

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Press ENTER. Select “Set Up Time and
Site

Press ENTER. The Set Local Time screen
will show:

Set local time

:

Use the ◄ or ► key to move the cursor,
and the ▲ or ▼ button to change the
numbers.

Set daylight saving time:

Use ▲ or ▼ button to toggle the
DaylightTime Saving between Y and N.
Press ENTER to go to Setup Site Info
screen:

“W/E” means west/east hemisphere; “N/S”
means north/south hemisphere; “d” means
degree; “m” means minute; and “s” means
second.

Set site coordinates:

Use the ◄ or ► key to move the cursor,
and the ▲ or ▼ button to change the
numbers or toggle between “W” and “E”, “N”
and “S”.

The site coordinates information can be
found online at sites such as GPSVisualizer

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocode

).

Simply enter a city name or address.

Set time zone

Press ◄ or ► key. Move the cursor to the
bottom of the screen to set the time zone
information (add or subtract 60 minutes per
time zone). Enter minutes “ahead” or
“behind” of UT (universal time). The
minimum time difference is 15 minutes.
• New York City is 300 minutes “behind”

UT

• Los Angeles is 480 minutes “behind” UT

• Rome is 60 minutes “ahead” of UT

• Beijing is 480 minutes “ahead” of UT

• Sydney is 600 minutes “ahead” of UT

Time Zone

Hours

behind UT

Enter

Minutes

Hawaii -10 600

Alaska -9 540

Pacific -8 480

Mountain -7

420

Central -6 360

Eastern -5 300

All time zones in North America are behind
UT as shown in the following table (Be sure
it shows “behind” instead of “ahead of” UT).

To adjust minutes, use the ◄ or ► keys to
move the cursor and the ▲ or ▼ keys to
change the numbers. To change the
“behind” or “ahead of” UT, move the cursor
to “ahead of” and using ▲ or ▼ keys to
toggle between “behind” and “ahead of”.
When the number is correct press ENTER
and go back to the previous screen.

For other parts of the world, time zone
information can be found online such as

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

.

DO NOT COUNT DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME.

If your mount is equipped with a GPS
receiver only Daylight Time Saving and

Setup Site Info:
Longi: W071d27m47s
Lati : N42d15m40s
300 Min. behind UT

Set Local Time:
2009-06-01 11:55:09
DaylightTime Saving Y

Set Up Time and Site
Set Display Info
Set Key Beep
Set Azi Work Mode

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