User Guide

For a heavy DSLR, especially with a long lens (more

than 1.5kg or 3.3lbs, including lens), a DEC Mounting

Bracket and a counterweight (CW) and CW shaft are

needed for better balance and performance.

To install the DEC Bracket, remove the Camera

Mounting Block from the mount. Remove the polar

scope cap. Install the DEC Bracket and tighten the

locking screw to secure it. Place the polar scope cap

on DEC bracket.

Install the CW shaft and load the CW.

Loosen two camera mounting block locking screws to

remove the DEC Camera Mounting Block from the

DEC Base on the DEC Mounting Bracket. Attach the

DEC Camera Mounting Block to the bottom of the

DSLR camera and secure it by turning the block.

Reattach the DEC Camera Mounting Block to the DEC

Base and tighten the two locking screws.

Release the RA Clutch Disk while hold the camera.

Slowly move the camera/CW to horizontal position

and balance the load in RA direction by moving the

CW position. More than one CW may be used. Return

the mount to upward position and lock the RA Clutch

Disk again.

4. Set the SkyGuider

Pro mount

: Assume you are in

northern hemisphere, face the SkyGuider

Pro

mount to the true north, with the assistance of a

compass. Please note that true north is not

necessarily aligned to the magnetic north from your

compass. Release the Latitude Lock half a turn by

simply rotating the locking lever counterclockwise.

Set the latitude scale at your current latitude by

turning the Latitude Adjustment Knob and retighten

the latitude lock. The latitude lock handle can be

rotated to any suitable position by pulling and

turning. Loosen the two Azimuth Locking Knobs,

adjust the Azimuth Adjusting Knobs to align the polar

axis to the north, and then tighten the Azimuth

Locking Knobs. More details on polar alignment are in

next step.

When power on, the SkyGuider

Pro mount will be

in tracking mode at a rate that shown on the Mount

Status Indicator.