Meade Binocular Camera User Manual

Operating Instructions

Meade®CaptureView II

8x22, 8x30 Integrated Binocular

and Digital Cameras

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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1. Diopter Knob (on underside)

2. Center Focus Knob

3. Objective Lens

4. Mode Button

5. Shutter Button

6. USB Port

7. Eyepiece

8. Camera Lens

9. LCD Screen

10. Battery Compartment

11. Barrel

1) b

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Fig 1b: Side View

Fig 1a: Top View

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I. Introduction

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

• Fully functional binoculars.

• Take pictures and view them on your PC.

• Takes up to two full minutes of video.

• Download pictures to your PC for use with email, easy printing, editing, enhancing, and manipulating. JPG and AVI file formats available.

• LCD display panel indicates capture status for ease in selecting and performing desired operations.

• Automatic battery shut-off to conserve batteries.

Important Note: Failure to remove batteries will result in lost pictures and dead batteries after several days of CaptureView II storage. The batteries will drain even after downloading pictures and deleting them from CaptureView II's memory. Please remove the batteries when not using the camera. Download pic-

tures to your PC before removing the batteries. Removing the batteries will erase your images.

II. Binocular Operation

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 hold them against your glasses.

Adjusting the Eyepieces

The distance between the pupils in a set of eyes varies from person to person. This distance is known as the interpupillary distance, or IPD. You can set the binocular so that it is adjusted for your own IPD:

1. Hold CaptureView II up to your face in the normal viewing position, using

both hands to hold each barrel firmly.

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

of your eyes.

Focusing the Binocular

1. Locate the Diopter Knob on underside of CaptureView II (1, Fig. 1a and Ib)

and set it at its center point between plus (+) and minus (-) signs.

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2. Select an object that is at least 30 feet (10m) away.

3. Viewing with just your left eye, turn the Center Focus Knob (2, Fig. 1a) until

the object you are viewing is focused.

4. Viewing with just your right eye, turn the Diopter Knob (1, Fig. 1a) until the

object you are viewing is also in focus.

5. Objects can now be brought into focus by turning the Center Focus Knob.

III. How To Use Your Camera

CaptureView II performs best under good lighting conditions. It also takes some practice to get used to high-magnification photography. We suggest that you take some time to practice capturing and downloading pictures. Depending on the available light and your distance from the object, captured images may not appear as bright or centered exactly as viewed through the binoculars.

Inserting Batteries

1. To remove the battery compartment lid (10, Fig. 1b), gently pull to the

rear and upward.

2. Insert 2 AAA-size batteries into the compartment, noting correct polarity as illustrated inside the compartment.

Important Note: Download pictures to your PC before removing the batteries. Removing the batteries will erase your images. Also, be sure CaptureView II is off before changing the batteries.

Turn on the Camera

1. Press the Mode button (4, Fig. 1a) to turn on the camera.

Taking Still Pictures/Setting the Resolution Mode

1. Turn on the camera.The LCD displays "00;" this is the picture taking mode.

2. Before taking a picture, select a picture resolution: Press the Mode button repeatedly until the High Resolution "Hr" icon displays. (The first time you use the camera, the Hr icon displays. Subsequently, the camera, when it is powered-up, displays the last Resolution setting you have chosen.) Press the Shutter button (5, Fig. 1a) if you wish to change to the Low Resolution mode (the "Lr" icon will display). After the desired resolution icon displays, press the Shutter button to select that mode; a beep sounds to confirm the selection. The mode selected displays on the LCD.

Note: If you are in Hr resolution, the self-timer mode will also be in Hr resolution, etc.

3. Sight on a target using the binocular.

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