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Originally Posted by allan gould
Houghy
Have a work mate who is native born czech and I have also been in contact with the manufacturer. We are sorting a few things out and I should be able to answer you questions in a better fashion tomorrow when he replies to a few queries and we sort out shipping and final cost. I expect that the unit will come in at about $650US for the camera, cables and TVGuider unit with built in LCD screen. This unit was exactly what I was looking for. Run off 12 volt battery, with LCD screen for ensuring a good guide star and for focussing. Lux capability of the camera goes down to about 0.0003 lux so should be quite sensitive. Also it appears to work well with EQ6 skyscan, HEQ5 Pro Synscan, LX200, Losmandy G11 and finally CG5 GT. Has a com port so that the software can be upgraded over the internet. Also has a video out port so can be connected to an external monitor. Here I assume the camera is NTSC and NOT PAL. This is one question I have asked ie what is the video out. Am I correct in thinking that some small TVs / monitors can switch between the two? Also the little LCD screen can be switched off to conserve power once the unit is actively guiding.
Seems like the equivalent of STV without the image capture, but since I wanted it as a stand alone autoguider, its perfect and at $US650 a bargain. As I said should have it April and will write it up once I have put it through its paces.
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I have a st4 but that looks like it would be heaps easier to use