Meade Binocular and Digital Camera User Manual

Operating Instructions

Meade®8 x 42 2.0D CaptureView

Integrated Binocular and Digital Camera

WARNING! Never use a Meade®binocular to look at the Sun!

Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye. Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point the binocular at or near the Sun. Children should always have adult supervision while observing.

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Fig. 1: Top View

1. Diopter Scale (on underside of right eyepiece)

2. SD Card Port

3. Eyepiece

4. Menu Button

5. Shutter Button

6. Left Button

7. Right Button

8. LCD Screen

9. Objective Lens

10. Camera Lens (not visible, see Fig. 2)

11. Barrel

12. USB Port

13. Battery Compartment Lid (see Fig. 2)

14. Focus knob (not visible, see Fig. 2)

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Fig. 2: Bottom View

1. Diopter Scale

10. Camera Lens

13. Battery Compartment Lid (squeeze and pull back to remove)

14. Focus knob

I. Introduction

Meade CaptureView is an 8 x 42mm full-featured binocular integrated with a digital camera that requires no film to take pictures or movies. For best results, please follow these operating instructions to capture and download pictures.

• Fully functional binoculars.

• Take pictures and movies, and view them on your PC.

• Transfer pictures and movies to your PC for easy printing, editing, enhancing, and manipulating.

• E-mail pictures to your friends and family.

• You can view pictures and movies you just took on the LCD panel. Also the LCD panel indicates status for ease in selecting and performing desired operations.

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II. How to Use Your Binocular

To enhance your viewing enjoyment, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with your new binocular:

Adjustment of Eye Relief for Eyeglass Wearers

For best results when viewing an object while wearing eyeglasses, fold down the rubber eyecups and place them against your glasses.

Adjusting the Eyepieces

The distance between your eyes is usually different than the distance between another person’s eyes. This distance is known as the interpupillary distance, or IPD. Adjustment to your IPD is important to the proper use of you CaptureView:

1. Hold CaptureView up to your face in the normal viewing position, using both hands to hold each barrel firmly.

2. Pull the barrels apart or push the barrels together until you see a single circular field with both of your eyes.

Focusing the Binocular

1. Set the Diopter Scale on underside of CaptureView (1, Fig. 1) at its center point between + and -.

2. Choose an object that is at least 16 feet (4.9m.) away.

3. Looking with just your left eye, rotate the Center Focus Knob (14, Fig. 1) until the object you are viewing is in best focus.

4. Looking with just your right eye, rotate the Diopter Scale (1, Fig. 1) until the object you are viewing is in best focus.

5. Now, looking with both eyes, both far and near objects can easily be brought into focus with a turn of the Center Focus Knob.

III. How To Use Your Camera

CaptureView performs best under good lighting conditions. It takes some practice to get used to high-magnification photography. Take some time to practice capturing still pictures and movies. Depending on the available light and your distance from the object, captured images may not appear as bright or as centered as when viewed through the binoculars. Note also that CaptureView has a fixed focus (you cannot focus manually) and takes focused pictures even if the image in the binoculars is out-of-focus.

Inserting Batteries

1. Lift the battery compartment lid (13, Fig. 2) by squeezing the outer edges and then pulling forward.

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2. Insert 2 AA 1.5v (user-supplied) batteries into the compartment, noting the correct polarity as illustrated inside the compartment.

Moving through the menus

Press and hold the Menu button (4, Fig. 1) for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. Press the Menu button to display the menus. Use the Right and Left buttons to move the red selection box over menus or menu options. When the box is over the menu or menu option you wish to select, press the Menu button. The following example demonstrates how to use these buttons. See Part IV, Menus, for a description of the menus and images their on-screen icons.

Taking Pictures

1. Lift up the LCD (8, Fig. 1) to an upright position. Press and hold the Menu button (4, Fig. 1) for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera. Point the binoculars and you will see images appear on the LCD.

2. Press the Menu button again and the first menu screen displays on

the LCD. Use the Right or Left buttons (6 or 7, Fig. 1) to move the red selection box over the Resolution menu (the "2M" icon) and press the Menu button to display the Resolution menu. Use the Right or Left buttons to move the red selection box to the desired Resolution option. Press the Menu button to select the option and the main menu displays again. See R

ESOLUTION OPTIONS for the

resolution choices that are available with your CaptureView model.

3.Use the Right or Left buttons to move the selection box over the Camera menu (the Camera icon) and press the Menu button to display the menu. Use the Right or Left buttons to move the red selection box to the Digital Still Camera (DSC) option. Press the Menu button to select the option and the main menu displays again.

4. Use the Right or Left buttons to move the selection box over Exit and press the Menu button to exit the menu mode.

5. Sight on a target by looking through the binocular eyepieces or by looking at the LCD.

6. Hold CaptureView steady and press the Shutter button (5, Fig. 1). A beep sounds to confirm that a picture was taken. The counter in the upper right corner of the LCD increases by one.

Note: Be careful to hold the camera steady while taking a picture in the higher resolution modes (see

RESOLUTION OPTIONS, next page).

The camera is more sensitive to motion in this mode.

To playback your captured images:

7. To see the image(s) that you have captured, move the selection box to the Playback menu (the right pointing triangle icon) and press the

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