Tele Vue G-11 User Manual

CI-700/CGE/G-11 Mount Adapter Instructions

PARTS LIST

(1) Dove tail adapter plate
(6) ¼-20 socket head screws
(1) 3/16" Allen wrench

INTRODUCTION

The CI-700/CGE/G-11 Mount Adapter allows direct mounting of any Tele Vue telescope to Celestron's CI-700,
CGE and Losmandy's G-11 German Equatorial mount. The adapter can be used for single scope applications or
with two Tele Vue scopes in tandem.

INSTALLATION

For single scope use:

1) Use two (2) socket screws in the "B" clearance holes to attach your telescope to the adapter plate.

2) Install one (1) socket screw into the forward "A" threaded hole to act as a safety stop.

3) Slide the dovetail adapter plate with telescope attached, into the mating dovetail on the mount head.

4) Tighten the lock screw on the mount head to lock your telescope in place

5) Install another socket screw into the rear "A" threaded hole as a second safety stop.

For dual scope photographic use:

1) Use two (2) socket screws in the "C" clearance holes to attach one telescope to the adapter plate.

2) Use two (2) socket screws in the "D" clearance holes to attach the other telescope to the adapter plate.

3) Install one (1) socket screw into either "A" threaded hole to act as a safety stop.

4) Slide the dovetail adapter plate with telescopes attached, into the mating dovetail on the mount head.

5) Tighten the lock screw on the mount head to lock your telescope in place

6) Install another socket screw into the rear "A" threaded hole as a second safety stop.

For mounting the MRS-5000 Tube Ring Set

1) Remove the ¼-20 stud from both tube rings, but leave the smaller guide studs in the rings

2) Place the adapter plate onto the Tube Ring Set such that its guide studs nest in the corresponding holes in the plate.

3) Use two (2) socket screws in the "E" clearance holes to attach the Tube Ring Set to the adapter plate

4) Install one (1) socket screw into either "A" threaded hole to act as a safety stop.

5) Slide the dovetail adapter plate with telescopes attached, into the mating dovetail on the mount head.

6) Tighten the lock screw on the mount head to lock your telescope in place

7) Install another socket screw into the rear "A" threaded hole as a second safety stop.

Clearance holes
for MRS-5000 tube
ring set for NP127/
NP127is

Tapped holes for
screws to act as
safety stops

C

E

A B

C D

Clearance holes for dual
scope mounting

Clearance holes for
single scope mounting

D

E

AB

Tele Vue

Visionary

Tapped holes for mounting BPL-1098
Gibraltar 5 Mounting Plate

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