Starlight Xpress SXVF-H36 - Manual (Page 2)

Handbook for the SXVF-H36 Issue 1 August 2007
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Please take a few minutes to study the contents of this manual, which will help you to
get the camera into operation quickly and without problems. I am sure that you want
to see some results as soon as possible, so please move on to the ‘Quick Start’ section,
which follows. A more detailed description of imaging techniques will be found in a
later part of this manual.
‘Quick Starting’ your SXVF-H36 system
In the shipping container you will find the following items:
1) The SXVF-H36 camera head.
2) A power supply module and cable.
3) A 3 metre USB2 camera cable.
4) An adaptor/spacer for 72mm x 1mm thread ‘Takahashi’ focuser assemblies.
5) An adaptor for 2” drawtubes and M42 ‘Pentax’ thread lenses.
6) A guider cable for ‘ST4’ style mount guiding inputs.
7) A CD with the ‘SXVF_H36’ software and manual.
You will also need a PC computer with Windows XP or Windows Vista. This
machine must have at least one USB2.0 port and at least 500 Megs of memory. If you
intend to view the finished images on its screen, then you will also need a graphics
card capable of displaying an image in a minimum of 1600 x 1200 pixels and 32 bit
colour. A medium specification Pentium with between 1GHz and 3GHz processor
speed is ideal. Please note that the SXVF-H36 is not designed for USB1.1 operation
and will give inferior results if used on USB1.1.
Connecting up:
Plug the 5 pin DIN connector into the socket on the power supply box, and plug the
power supply into the wall socket. The yellow LED on the power supply should light.