Meade ETX Attachment.

[Sheffield Col]

Hi, I am looking for info on what appears to be a view finder the same as the one in the picture. I have one of these, it came with a Meade etx 125. It looks like a sort of lens on the side of it, mine does not have the "Lens" so just wondering where can I get one from ? Also there is a jack plug socket on the side of it what is it's purpose ? Thank you. 

[Albir phil]

54 minutes ago, Sheffield Col said:

Hi, I am looking for info on what appears to be a view finder the same as the one in the picture. I have one of these, it came with a Meade etx 125. It looks like a sort of lens on the side of it, mine does not have the "Lens" so just wondering where can I get one from ? Also there is a jack plug socket on the side of it what is it's purpose ? Thank you. 

I'm sure this is a

 

55 minutes ago, Sheffield Col said:

Hi, I am looking for info on what appears to be a view finder the same as the one in the picture. I have one of these, it came with a Meade etx 125. It looks like a sort of lens on the side of it, mine does not have the "Lens" so just wondering where can I get one from ? Also there is a jack plug socket on the side of it what is it's purpose ? Thank you. 

 

[Albir phil]

This looks like a red dot finder, red dot projects onto the screen at the side the you point the scope at the object,there a a few different types on the market.

[Sheffield Col]

Hi, any idea what the jack socket on the side is for ?

[Albir phil]

3 hours ago, Sheffield Col said:

Hi, any idea what the jack socket on the side is for ?

Yeah that's for the power source have you not got the adapter.

[Sheffield Col]

22 hours ago, Albir phil said:

Yeah that's for the power source have you not got the adapter.

I have 12 v adapter that plugs into the base, is it the same one ? 

[Cornelius Varley]

31 minutes ago, Sheffield Col said:

I have 12 v adapter that plugs into the base, is it the same one ? 

Before plugging anything in to the socket you should check that it is a power socket. The smartfinder is powered by a small battery (CR2032 ?). I suspect that the socket is for meade's audiostar output.

[Cornelius Varley]

22 hours ago, Albir phil said:

Yeah that's for the power source have you not got the adapter.

Looks more like an audio socket.

[whipdry]

Only thing I could find is on page 56 of this manual... 

https://www.meade.com/downloadEntityFile/assets/product_files/instructions/ETX_premier_edition.pdf

 

Peter

[Bruce Leeroy]

I'm pretty sure but not 100% that it's for star alignment....I think a "deluxe" model had the feature.

 

EDIT: After clicking on the link above it's Autostar

Edited May 14 by Bruce Leeroy

[whipdry]

9 minutes ago, Bruce Leeroy said:

I'm pretty sure but not 100% that it's for star alignment....I think a "deluxe" model had the feature.

 

EDIT: After clicking on the link above it's Autostar

Yes, from what I can make out it's a battery operated Red Dot Finder, they call it an LNT module the socket is for a device that updates time & locacation during Autostar controller startup... (a GPS module) guess it's an add on accessory, Meade call it an Atomic  Time Update Module!

 

Peter