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1. Assembly
1. Stand the tripod (A) upright and spread the legs apart a
little. Keep the tripod legs at their shortest (fully retracted)
length for now; you can extend them to a more desirable
length later, after the mount is fully assembled.
2. To attach the accessory tray (C), place a hooked tab on one
of the three corners of the tray over the screw in the leg col-
lar, as shown in Figure 2A. Connect the tray to the other two
legs in the same manner (2B), then tighten all three of the
tray lock knobs (2C) to secure the tray in place.
3. Now you’ll install the altazimuth arm (B) onto the tripod.
Remove the azimuth tension knob and washer from the cen-
ter shaft on the bottom of the arm. Then place the base of the
arm on the tripod’s mounting platform, inserting the center
shaft into the hole in the tripod’s mounting platform. (NOTE:
The large plastic disk, which is identified in Figure 1,
goes between the mounting arm and the tripod’s mount-
ing platform.) Then replace the washer and azimuth tension
knob to secure the arm in place (Figure 3).
4. Attach the two micro-motion cables (D). The shorter of the two
is usually preferred for the altitude axis and the longer one
for the azimuth axis. Loosen the thumbscrew at the end of
the cable, then line up the cable end so that the thumbscrew
is over the flat side of the axle on each axis (Figure 4). Press
the cable end over the axle, then tighten the thumbscrew to
secure the cable in place. The thumbscrew should protrude
down into the dimple in the axle, to insure that the cable will
not slip off the axle. Once attached the micro-motion cables
should appear as in Figure 5.
Attaching the Telescope Optical Tube
to the Mount
The E-Series Altazimuth Mount features a dovetail mounting
saddle that accommodates Vixen-style mounting bars
(Figure
6A). Slide the dovetail bar attached to the side of the optical
tube into the saddle, then secure it in place by tightening the
saddle lock knob (Figure 6B). (You may have to loosen the
saddle lock knob a little before attempting to slide in the dovetail
bar, to allow clearance for the bar.)
Installing the Accessories
With the tube now securely attached to the mounting arm,
install the red dot finder scope (H) on the optical tube. Do this
by orienting the finder scope as shown in Figure 7 and slide the
bracket foot back into the finder scope base as far as it will go.
Now insert the correct-image diagonal (I) into the focuser draw-
tube and tighten the thumbscrew on the drawtube collar. Then
insert the 25mm eyepiece (F) into the diagonal and secure it by
lightly tightening the thumbscrew on the diagonal (Figure 8).
The telescope is now completely assembled and should appear
as in Figure 9! Before it can be effectively used, however, there
are a couple of things to do to prepare the telescope for opera-
tion.
2B
Figure 2. A) Hook the tray corner over the screw in the leg
collar, B) Repeat for the other two legs, then C) Tighten all
three tray lock knobs
2C
2A
Leg
collar
Lock
knob
Hooked tab
Screw
Accessory tray
