As i purchased it via ebay fromt he Meade outlet I contacted them using the ebay system so I dont know the address. the messages I got back came from...
Hopefully someone here can help.... I have a newer DS series (one arm) mount which occassionally slips in AZ rotation when rotating in clockwise direction....
Thanks Chris... I'll give it a try. Warp Christopher Erickson <cerickson@...> wrote: Remove the nut and then pull apart. Might be stiff but it will come. ...
I attended a public outing the other night at a local group and have the following observations to report: Many "civilians" were attending with children who...
Hello, I just got a DS-2090 from Costco for $199. A great deal IMO. But I am having trouble getting the scope to slew manually. And it has the creep after...
Chrsitopher, I saw a post that said to do that in a earlier post (Try a RESET, CALIBRATE and TRAINon both axes.) and I tried that and it didnt help. It did...
Chrsitopher, I saw a post that said to do that earlier (Try a RESET, CALIBRATE and TRAINon both axes.) and I tried that and it didnt help. It did slew fine...
I see in the manual where you have to press the number keys to change speed and when I press them the speed does show on Screen and I am assuming it is...
Ah! Devil in the details! The 495/497 Autostar handles slew speeds differently than the 494 Autostar. Simply press the number keys 0-9 to select slew speed. ...
Chris, I figured that out but it didnt solve my problem. Just an FYI the manual supplement that cam with the 497 still shows being able to use the ? to change...
On what page does it say to press the '?' button? It only turns on the light. The grinding noise is the arm keeping the scope aligned with the sky. You know,...
Scott, I have the same scope and it works fine. I don't have the video here but don't recall a need to press '0' to change slew speeds. As Christopher said, ...
Chris and Sander, thanks for you support and help! I guess you can tell I was frustrated! Below is what was in the Manual that I read and thought the speed...
Scott, glad you got things working right. The first night I tried my DS2090 was filled with a good amount of frustration as well. In my case the scope would ...
Sander, I am not in front of my scope right now but I did get the finder aligned the first night and also balanced the scope to prevent the back lash when...
Scott, balancing the scope is an important step indeed as this is of course a rather weak mount. I tried to take pictures through the eyepiece but had to add...
Scott, The 494 can be distinguished from the 497 by the fact that the 497 has number keys on it. With a 497 you just push a number key "after the beep" and...
Hi, All! I'm a new member, a soon-to-be owner of a Meade telescope, I hope. Quick question: I have read some claims on the Web about certain Meade models...
No idea. At this price point it could come from anywhere. Why do you care? I have one and for the price it can not be beat. Great little scope. Heck, the 497...
Yes, the DS series scopes are some of the ones partially made in China. Even many of Meade's $1,000+ scopes are partially made in China. I wouldn't worry too...
I've had my DS-2090AT for about a month now and have gotten some very good views of the moon, though I haven't used the auto-guide function yet. I consider it...
All of the "DS" scopes are made in China. Although they usually are a good value, they are nowhere near the quality of the original American made Meade scopes....
Thanks, everybody for your quick responses to my DS-2090 question! Why would I care where the scope was made? Well, I had heard that Meade had resorted to...
Breck, I'm pretty sure that the Meade DS scopes are at least partially Meade designed products. After all they have the standard controllers that are also used...
I forgot to add that most if not all of Orion's products come from China but they are a well respected brand. Sander _____ From: MeadeDS@yahoogroups.com...
Please forgive the newbieness. I've recently purchased a Meade DS2090AT and was curious about what I should expect to see as far as details etc with it. Since...
Jeff, a lot depends on the quality of your environment. 'Seeing' or the stillness of the air most importantly. Light polution isn't a big issue with Mars as ...
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