Instruction Manual

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Transparent objects such as slides will use the bottom illumi-
nator (transmitted light) at all powers of magnication.
Filter Wheel
The 5mp features a manual six position color lter wheel
(Figure 6). Choose from ve colored lters (or clear). The
lters can aid to increase contrast and detail of various speci-
mens.
Objective Lenses
The microscope features three manually selectable objective
lenses of 4X, 10X and 40X (Figure 7). Different magnica-
tions can be accomplished by selecting between one of the
three objective lenses. Select the desired objective lens by
rotating the objective head until the lens is directly above the
specimen and the lens clicks into place.
Magnication is determined by multiplying the objective
lens by the eyepiece magnication. So for example, the 10x
objective coupled with the WF10x eyepiece yields 100x total
magnication. When using the LCD screen, the CMOS chips
acts like a 6x eyepiece, so the magnication range with the
LCD is 24x – 240x, and coupled with the digital 4x zoom, can
achieve a maximum of 960x: (40x * 6x) * 4x digital zoom.
Initially select the lowest 4x objective lens. This lowest mag-
nication setting will produce the widest eld of view and
display the brightest image. Viewing with the lowest mag-
nication will aid in the positioning of the specimen prior to
viewing at higher magnications and also help to ensure that
the objective lenses are not positioned too near the slide to
prevent accidental breaking of slide if the objectives come into
contact with slide when focusing. Care must be taken when
both handling glass slides and the position of the objective
lenses relative to the slide when focusing or changing objec-
tive lenses.
Camera
The microscope features a 5mp camera that can be used to
capture high resolution images or movies to the SD-Card.
Pressing the UP and DOWN buttons while watching a speci-
men will adjust the digital zoom factor. The slider starts at
W on the left (for wide eld or no digital zoom applied), and
progresses to the right to T (telephoto, or full 4x digital zoom).
Experiment with the top and bottom illuminators, brightness
dial, color lter wheel and the camera exposure in order to
fully control the illumination of specimen.
Viewing Images and Movies
Any picture or video you’ve taken can be viewed on the LCD
screen. Pressing the Mode button will cycle through Camera,
Video, and SD card mode. When SD card mode is active, the
series of images/video present on the SD card will be shown
on the screen. Use the navigation buttons to select image
les to view. Press the OK button to view in Full Screen mode.
Select the MENU button to bring up a drop down menu where
you can protect the les by selecting “Lock” or “Unlock”. Using
the right button will bring you to a menu where you can delete
les. When viewing a video in the SD card mode, pressing the
Snap button will start and stop the video playback.
The AV jack, located below the bottom edge of the LCD
screen, next to the USB and SD card slot, can be used to
Figure 4. X/Y Mechanical Stage with slide being inserted
Figure 5. Focus knob, illumination wheel, and bottom illuminator
shown
Illumination wheel, 2nd
wheel on opposite side.
Figure 3. The LCD screen, with power and navigation buttons
shown
Power On/Off
Navigation
arrows
SD card, USB, AV out (located on bottom edge of LCD head)
Snap
Mode
Menu
Ok/accept
button