Vixen SPHINX SXD Mount - Manual (Page 44)

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(4) Choose Rec. Start in the PEC screen and press Select to start recording while you
confirm the guide star is in the center of the cross hairs. Continue tracking the guide star
until the recoding completes. Since your manual operations are recorded exactly, you
need to implement the corrections as precisely as possible. The process takes 8 minutes
in full circle.
On starting the recording, the screen is automatically zoomed to the maximum. You can
zoom down for the wide screen with the Zoom – key, but be sure to set the zoom level at the
maximum when you make the correction. Corrections may be useless in other zoom
levels.
During the PEC recording, the guide star may begin slipping out in the direction of the
tracking (in the direction of RA). Use the RA+, RA- keys to keep the guider star at the
center of the cross hairs.
When you start recording, the count starts at 480 (PEC: 600) and will count down. The
STAR BOOK beeps intermittently for 10 seconds just before the completion of the recoding
in full circle, until the count reaches 0.
*The count may be skipped and the numbers 480 and 0 may not be displayed due to timing
indications.