Nexstar SynScan - Manual (Page 5)

This section provides a step-by-step procedure on how to operate your hand control.
tial Setup
1. Perform the Polar alignment using (Northern Hemisphere)
the polarscope.
2. Point the telescope roughly to the Zenith
North Celestial Pole (or Polaris) if
North Pole
you are in the Northern
Hemisphere. Point to the South
Celestial Pole if in Southern
Hemisphere. Make
sure the
counterweight rod is pointed down
as seen in
This will be the
home position of the telescope.
3. Flip the Power Switch on the mount
to the "ON" position to turn on the
power.
4. The initial screen displayed on the
hand control is the Version Screen.
Press ENTER to proceed.
5. The hand control will display a
warning concerning pointing the
telescope at the sun without proper
equipment. If you have read the
Plane of local
message already, pressing ESC will
bypass the message and skip to the
next step.
Plane of Equator
The hand control's red light will and the key pads will off if idle
for 30 Pressing any key turns it back on.
6. Enter the telescope's current latitudinal and longitudinal position using the numeric keypad.
First enter the longitudinal coordinate, followed by the latitudinal coordinate. Use the scroll
keys to choose between W or E, and N or S. Pressing the left or right directional keys will
move the cursor to the previous or next number. Press ENTER to confirm. The format you
enter should look like this: 123 04' W 49
7. Enter your current time zone in hours (see Appendix C), using the scroll keys and numeric
key pad (+ for East, - for West). Press ENTER to confirm. The format you enter should look
like this if you are in Pacific Standard Time (PST): -08.
8. Enter the date in the following format using the numeric keypad. Press ENTER
to confirm.
9. Enter your current local time using the 24 hr time mode Press ENTER
to view the time you just entered. If it is incorrect, press ESC to go back to the previous
screen. If correct, press ENTER again to proceed to the daylight saving setting.
10. If the date entered in step 8 falls between March and November, the will prompt
"DAYLIGHT SAVING?". Use the scroll keys to make the selection and press ENTER to
confirm. If the date is out of the range between March and November, the
will'" skip
the daylight saving setting and proceed to the next step.
11. After setting the daylight saving, will display "Begin alignment?". Press "1" or
ENTER to start the alignment procedure. Press "2" or ESC to skip the alignment and exit to
the Main Menu.
If a mistake was entered into the SynScan TM hand control, press the ESC key to go back
to the previous menu. and press ENTER to start again.