Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product #52099 Orion
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Or ion ® StarShoot ™ HD Video/ W eb Broad casting Camera #52 09 9 INSTRUCTION MANUAL Pro vi di ng Excep tion al Con sum er O ptic al Produc ts Si nc e 19 75 IN 5 14 Rev .
2 3 Con gratul atio ns on your p urc hase of t he Or ion S tar Sho ot HD Vid eo / Web Bro ad - casting Came ra ( SSHD ). The SSHD is a hig h reso lut ion c olo r vid eo c amer a des ign ed for Rea l- Tim e Live obs er vatio n of sol ar system o bjec ts ( M oo n, Planet s and Su n with s olar fi lter an d limit ed brigh t deep spa ce objects).
4 5 The HD MI ou tput c an b e used o n a co mpu ter mon itor wi th Di git al in put ( DV I ) by usin g a sta ndar d HD MI to DVI adapter (not i nc lud ed ).
6 7 NTSC/P AL TV System Selection • For NTSC, turn on t he power wh ile pr ess ing th e [ UP] but to n. • For P AL, tur n on th e power wh ile pre ss ing th e [ RIGHT ] b ut ton.
8 9 • If no CO M por t exist on com puter ( su ch as t he c ase in most l apto ps) t hen u se inc lu ded USB to RS -232 ad apter an d dri vers. Se e the US B to Seri al device manua l for details .
10 11 Pr esets ( F i g u r e 13 ) Quick Button Shortcuts Five prese t but ton i co ns are availa ble a s shor tcuts to set t ing mu lti ple par ameter s at the same time.
12 13 For brig ht so lar system o bje cts s uc h as th e Moo n and p lane ts sen se up s houl d be set at a mi nimum o r of f and th e fixed sh ut ter spe ed s houl d be set to t he faste st spe ed po ss ible to p revent blurr ing d ue to atm osp heri c co nd iti ons.
14 15 Color Suppress Level Adju st sli der to su ppr ess u nwanted co lor Color Gain Level Adju st sli der to in cre ase or d ec rease t he c olor g ain Color T one (R-Y , B-Y Color Space) – ADV ANC.
16 17 2 . Setup SSHD and viewing de vice as e xplained in viewing on TV or Computer section. 3 . Remov e the eyepiece and insert the SSHD (with 1.25" nosepiece) into the 1.25" ey epiece holder on your telescope . 4 . If the image is white on the screen, it’ s ov erexposed.
18 19 Addi tio nally , t he ind ivi dua l imag es may be ver y sof t si nce i f you’re imaging at hig h power , wi th or wit hou t the us e of a Barl ow .
20 21 sele ct t he be st fram es to c omb ine for b est re sult s and c an als o reje ct t he po or- est fra mes. Use th e dig ita l zoom feature to a id in fo cus ing. First zo om in o n the t arget , foc us, th en zoom b ack o ut. Refocus o f ten throughout your ima g ing session.
22 23 SSHD Manual Menu Lum in an c e Me nu1/4 ALC O f f/On / FLC AL C(A u to l igh t in g co n tr ol ) le ve l co n tr ol , wi t h F LC( fli ck er l es s) fun c ti on AES O f f/On A ES (A ut o ex po su re s hu t t er ) l ev el c on t ro l FIXED SHUTT ER Of f/On 1/ 30 (1/ 2 5 ), 1/ 5 0(1/ 6 0),1/10 0,1/120 , 1/ 180 , 1/ 35 0 , 1/ 5 00 .
24 One-Y ear Limited W arranty This Orion product is warranted against def ects in mater ials or workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase.
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