All I recieved was a piece of paper with a large circle( about the same size
as the 2.7" focuser end).The circle had 2 vertical dots just below the
center of the circle. The instructions said to cut out the circle and tape
it on the end of the focuser with the dots going horizontal with respect to
the focuser knobs. The instructions said to punch out the 2 holes and shine
a pen light into the lower hole. You could then look through the upper hole
and see 2 reflections of the light in the front of the scope( you have to
have the lens cover on). You then adjust the push/pull screws to get the 2
reflected lights parallel with the actual dots on the circle of paper. Then
you untape the circle and put the dots vertical with the focuser and line
the lights up with the dots again. you repeat this until they line up on
both angles. I have used the paper I recieved, but I did get it as a fax
from Meade. I'm sure you can call them and get it too, but this only gets
you fairly close. If you say yours is already that way, you may just want to
poin the scope at a star and finish it without the paper. Have you had a
chance to view the planets with the 7" yet?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: [M]: Re: One more Question


> In a message dated 3/14/2001 3:03:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>
> << Also Carl, what exactly does the out of focus and the in focus stars
in
> you ota look like? Mine were ALWAYS comet-like in focus. When I ran it out
to
> check the rings, all I could get was a half assed set of rings on one
side,
> and just a big blur on the other side of focus. After repeated calls to
> Meade, they kept telling me it was collimation. I have collimated
reflectors
> and cassegrains for years, and I could not get this to collimate past the
> star test noted above. Is there something special about refractors? Meade
has
> had my ota for 3 weeks now, and still havn't even looked at it yet. They
say
> they have a few ota's ahead of mine. Welcome to the sinking boat! >>
>
> Hi,
> The rings look good I can get perfect rings in and out of focus the
outside
> ring is a little ragged jagged edge. With a 17 mm eyepiece about 100x
> everything looks good. It is the high power 450x my airy disk is offset to
> one side. This one is only slightly out of collimation.
>
> What are the chances of you sending me those instructions via E-mail or
fax?
> I sure could use it. I never send anything back to a focotory unless it is
a
> gross error. This doesnt seam to be that bad.
>
> Clear and Dark Skies,
> Carl
>
>

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