Zeiss Primo Star Operating Manual

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Primo Star Start-Up and Operation Carl ZeissB 46-0071 v 03/06 13English3 START-UP AND OPERATION3.1 Starting up the microscopeBefore installing and starting up the microscope, be sure to carefully read and observe thenotes on instrument safety (see Section 1).Do not touch optical surfaces when unpacking the microscope to avoid fingerprints!The microscope is supplied completely assembled and inclusive of accessories packed to commercialstandards. Additionally ordered components, such as sliders or transmitted-light equipment withilluminating mirror, are packed separately.• Remove the microscope from the transport case and place it onto the worktable.Retain the original packaging for storage of the instrument in longer periods of non-use or forreturn to the manufacturer.• Remove the plug-in power unit (Fig. 3/2) fromits storage fixture on the back wall of themicroscope.• Replace the installed power outlet adapter byone of the supplied country-specific adapters(Fig. 3/4), if necessary. To this end, pull off theattached adapter and plug on the desiredadapter.• Connect the plug-in power unit to a poweroutlet.• If the plug-in power unit cannot be pluggedinto the chosen power outlet because of limitedspace, replace the power outlet adapter by thesupplied IEC adapter (Fig. 3/3). This allows theplug-in power unit to be put flat onto thetabletop and connected to the power outletthrough a country-specific appliance cable.When using the IEC adapter, the plug-in power unit can be fixed to the back wall of themicroscope stand by means of the supplied two self-adhesive hooks and the Velcro ® strip.• Turn on the microscope with rotary switch (Fig. 3/5) and adjust the illumination to the desiredintensity.The selected intensity is indicated in five steps by the blue light-emitting diodes (Fig. 3/1) arranged onboth sides of the stand.• At the end of the microscopic examinations, turn the microscope off with the rotary switch and coverit with the dust cover.• The smoothness of the coarse focusing drive (Fig. 4/18) is factory-adjusted. However, you can readjustit when required.Fig. 3 Starting up the microscope