Meade DB1 User Manual

Operating Instructions

Meade®8 x 22 VGA 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. Eyepieces

2. Mode Button

3. Shutter Button

4. LCD Panel

5. Objective Lens

6. Barrel

Fig. 2: Front View

7. Camera Lens

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Fig. 3: Bottom View

9. Diopter Scale (on right eyepiece)

10. Focus knob

11. Battery Compartment Lid (push forward and lift to remove)

Fig. 4: Rear View

12. USB Port

I. Introduction

Meade CaptureView is an 8 x 22mm 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.

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

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

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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 your 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 (9, Fig. 3) at its center point between + and -.

2. Choose an object that is at least 50 feet (15m.) away.

3. Looking with just your left eye, rotate the Center Focus Knob (10, Fig. 3) until the object you are viewing is in best focus.

4. Looking with just your right eye, rotate the Diopter Scale (9, Fig.3) until the object you are viewing is in best focus.

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

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 centered exactly as viewed through the binoculars. Note also that CaptureView has a fixed focus (you cannot focus the camera manually) and takes focused pictures even if the image in the binoculars is out-of-focus.

Inserting Batteries

1. Push the battery compartment lid (11, Fig. 3) forward and lift to open.

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