User manual MEADE MYSKY

[. . . ] InstructIon Manual mySKYTM Your personal guide for skY exploration InstructIons mySKY is an easy-to-use, multimedia tool that will guide you through the night sky. It's like having your own personal astronomer pointing out the wonders of the universe. TM Important Note about your mySKY Your mySKY uses very sensitive magnetic sensors to determine where you are pointing it in the sky. The magnetic lines of force that are detected by these sensors are bent and distorted by any magnetic materials or large metal objects such as cars, metal fences or steel reinforced buildings. In order for your mySKY to work accurately, you must be about 10 yards or meters from the average car. [. . . ] Important Note: Once you have pressed the trigger, you no longer need to point mySKY at the object (you can relax your arm and hold mySKY in a comfortable position to see the display). Other buttons Arrow Keys: Press one of the arrow buttons to select an item. In most cases, when you press an arrow, that option is automatically selected. 4 Press "Play" or "Info" to get more information about the object. In many cases, an image of the selected object appears on the screen. Press "Play" (if it is displayed) to hear a verbal descriptions of the object. Pressing the Info button displays text about the object. Note: If your mySKY does not get a GPS fix, you can select "Retry" to give the GPS more time to get a fix or select "Enter time, date, location" to enter this information manually. Just follow the screens to enter the date and time using the arrow buttons to select the number and the center button to accept the number. When the time or date is complete, press "Done. " Enter your location by selecting the country or state from the list. You can move up or down in the list by using the up or down arrows. You can move a full page at a time in any long list by using the left or right arrows. When your country or state is highlighted, press the center button. Now, using the same controls, select the city nearest your location and press the center button. As you move mySKY closer to the object, the arrow will get shorter and shorter. Take a Tour Another mode is "Tour. " When you select the "Tonight's Best Tour" mySKY will guide you to the best objects in the sky for your time, date and location. When the first object of the Tour displays, you have several choices. TM When you get very close to the object, a red crosshair will be displayed at the position of the object on the SkyMap. If this is an object you wish to learn more about, press "Play" for audio descriptions and images or "Info" for on-screen text data about the object. If you wish to skip this object, press the right arrow to choose "Next" and proceed to the next object on the Tour. If you wish to have mySKY find the object in the sky for you, press the up arrow to select "GoTo. " Move mySKY slowly to center the red crosshair in the circle at the center of the display. How to Locate an Object in the Sky: When you press "GoTo" on any screen, the screen will display a star map and an arrow will appear. Move mySKY in the direction the arrow is pointing. 5 The circle will then flash to let you know that you have found the object, a chime will sound and the screen will display the object page. Press the key just below the "Objects" label. The "Objects" screen displays. Push the soft key labeled "Play" for audio descriptions and images of the object or "Info" for on-screen text data about the object. To exit a tour: Press the button labeled "End Tour. " If the "End Tour" option is not displayed, keep pressing the "Back" button until "End Tour" is displayed. Notice the "Solar System" option is at the top of the screen. Press the up arrow to select "Solar System. " The "Solar System" screen displays. Catalogs of Celestial Objects The sky is full of interesting and mysterious objects, not just stars and planets. mySKY has a database that contains over 30, 000 celestial objects. Although most of these objects cannot be seen with the naked eye, mySKY can still show you where they are and give you images and information about them. If you select an object from any of mySKY's catalogs, mySKY will display a screen like the one above. [. . . ] Wait until the progress bar is completely filled in and the "Update mySKY SD card" button is no longer grayed out before you remove the SD card. Do not remove the SD card, close the updater program, or turn off your computer while the SD card is being updated. In the unlikely event of a computer crash, start this step over. After the software has been updated, reinsert the SD memory card back into mySKY. [. . . ]