Meade Instruments LX850 - Manual (Page 28)

Figure 37: AutoStar Levels
Figure 38: Menus set in
loop
7. Press MODE once to start moving back up
through the AutoStar levels. The first level up
is the Event menu.
8. Press MODE again to move up another level.
This is the top level, “Select Item”.
9. Press MODE again to return to the starting
point of “Select Item: Object”.
Example of Locating a menu
As you typically will be using menus after you initialize
and align your telescope, this example will assume
you have just completed aligning your scope. AutoStar II
displays “Select Item: Object” after the alignment
procedure; this will be our starting point. In this
example, we will locate the “Owner Info” option. Please
reference
page 27, figure 35 for the location of the
Autostar II keys used in this example.
1. “Select Item: Object” displays.
2. As the Owner Info option is in the Setup menu,
you will have to use one of the Scroll keys to
navigate through the list of menus. Press the
Scroll Down Key. “Select Item: Event” displays
3. Keep pressing the Scroll Down key. Notice that
all the menus display as you press the key:
Guided Tour, Glossary, Utilities, Setup. Stop
when “Select Item: Setup” displays. If you press
the Scroll Down key one more time, “Select Item:
Object” will display again. This is because the list
of menus or options cycles through each choice
over and over again when you press one of the
Scroll keys.
4. With “Select Item: Setup” displayed, press
ENTER. Pressing ENTER selects the menu or
option currently displayed.
5. “Setup: Align” displays.
6. Press the Scroll Down key again. “Select Item:
Telescope” displays. Press ENTER. Autostar II
will now display all the choices that are available
with the Telescope menu.
7. Continue to press the Scroll Down key until
“Setup: Owner Info” displays.
8. Press ENTER. “Owner Info: Name” displays.
Press ENTER again. “Name” displays, with the
second line blank. On this line you may enter
your first and last name into Autostar II’s memory.
line, press the ENTER key to choose that option
and move down one menu level. In the example,
press Enter and the display now reads “Object: Solar
System.” You have moved down to the Object menu
level
(Fig. 37). You can now use the up and down keys
to scroll through the other options available for the
Objects menu: Constellations, Deep Sky, etc.
Press the MODE key to leave a level; e.g., the wrong
menu option is chosen.
Important Note: No matter how many levels into
AutoStar are traveled, each press of the MODE
key moves up a level, until the top level, “Select
Item”, is reached. Once in the Select Item level,
press MODE to return to the topmost level,
“Select Item: Object”.
AutoStar Navigation Exercise
To demonstrate how the AutoStar menu structure
works, the following exercise calculates Sunset time
so an evening observing session can be planned.
To Calculate Sunset time:
1. Press the MODE key several times, until “Select
Item: Object” is displayed.
2. Press the Scroll Down key once to display the
“Event” option in the “Select Item” menu.
3. Press the ENTER key to choose the “Event”
option and move down a level. “Event: Sunrise”
is displayed.
4. Press the Scroll Down key once to display the
“Sunset” option in the Event menu.
5. Press the ENTER key to choose the “Sunset”
option and move down another level.
6. AutoStar calculates the Sunset time based on
the current date, time, and location. AutoStar
then displays the results of the calculation.
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