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    1 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 569-0200 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  Quick Start Guide The SmartEQ™ Portable German Equatorial GOTO Mount #3100 PACKAGE CONTENTS • Telescope Mount • Go2Nova TM #8408 Han d Controller • 1.25-inch Tripod with accessory tray • One 2 lbs (0.9 kg) cou nterweig[...]

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    2 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 569-0200 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  Quick Setup 1. Setup tripod : Expand the tripod legs. P ut the Accessory Tray onto the Tripod Suppo rt Bracket. Slightly push down Accessory Tray while turn it, until the tr ay is locked into the Tripod Support Bracket. (Figure [...]

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    3 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 569-0200 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  accidentally disconnect the wires. Inse rt 4 AA batteries into each holder. Replace the holder b ack into the battery compartment and replace the lid. Plug hand controlle r into the HBX port on the mount (Figure 8) . Turn on pow[...]

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    4 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 569-0200 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  5. Install Counter w eight (C W) : The SmartEQ comes with one 2 lb s (0.9 kg) counterweight. Ho wever, because of its unique design, no CW is needed if the payload is less than 4 lbs. The mount and installed batteries will provi[...]

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    5 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 569-0200 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  The mount also implement s a Power On Tracking function. If you forget b ring the hand controller with y ou or hand controller is under service, you still can use the mount to tracking the celestial object. Without plug in the h[...]

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    6 iOptron Corp. | 6E Gill Street | Woburn, MA 01801 USA | (781) 569-0200 | Toll Free (866) 399-4587 | www.iOptron.com  IOPTRON ONE YEAR TELESCOPE, MO UNT, AND CONTROLLER WARRANTY A. iOptron warrants your telescope, mount, or controller to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one years. iO ptron will repair or replace such produc[...]