- LightSwitch Technology
- Astronomer Inside
- Advanced Coma-Free Optics
- Aperture: 203.2mm(8-Inch). Focal Length: 2032mm
- Simply flip the switch and the LS automatically aligns itself
Product Description
Aperture: 203.2mm(8-Inch). Focal Length: 2032mm. Meade’s revolutionary LS LightSwitch series of telescopes use advanced technologies like GPS, LNT and ECLIPS CCD imaging to do what no other consumer telescopes have done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. Simply flip the switch and the LS automatically aligns itself. Astronomer Inside then takes you on a guided multimedia tour of the best objects in your sky. The aluminum mount is lightweight and portable, yet has a rigid structure with precision worm-gear drives for the ultimate in tracking and pointing accuracy. All this combined with Meade’s Advanced Coma-Free or Schmidt-Cassegrain optical systems provide the stargazer with the most sophisticated, yet easiest to use telescope ever. AutoStar III — TOTAL CONTROL The easy-to-use hand-held controller lets you select from a huge object database, with over 100,000 celestial objects. Just select an object and push the “GoTo” button and the telescope will automatically put your object in the eyepiece. The AutoStar III also gives you complete control of the Astronomer Inside multimedia features only available from Meade. FEATURES: LightSwitch Technology The LS knows where it is in time and space even if you don’t. Just flip the switch and be ready to explore the cosmos. Innovative technology is applied to make using the LS simple, easy and fun. Astronomer Inside Learn the secrets and details of the objects you observe while you are viewing them with both audio through the built-in speaker and video (if connected to a video monitor or TV).
Meade LS 8-Inch ACF Advanced Coma-Free Telescope
Tags: worm gear drives, ccd imaging, Inch, schmidt cassegrain
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I received my Meade LS 8″ ACF two weeks ago fom another dealer, but I only took it out yesterday, 3-30-2010. Upon switch on, the handbox controller read:
“LS 1.4a
Flash error
Reload firmware”.
In spite of this message, it proceeded to align, supposedly finished the alignment, but was way off. I shut it down, and repeated the procedure.
Same error appeared, but the alignment seemed better, so I did a “goto” Mars.
Mars was not in the field of view (FOV) of the supplied 26mm eyepiece. I managed to get Mars in the FOV after 7-8 manual movements at speed 5.
Next “goto” Saturn: nothing in view, could not get to Saturn although I could clearly see Saturn with naked eye.
I tried the Meade webside to see if I could reload the firmware LS 1.4a. It does not exist. Meade’s customer service says they do not have the firmware either, and the only option is to send the scope back for a replacement!
Is this a joke or what?
If the new one works it promises to be fun.
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