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Meade mySKY Personal Guide for Sky Exploration | 
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| Brand: Meade
Category: Photography
List Price: $499.00
Buy New: $137.95
You Save: $361.05 (72%)
New (9) from $137.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 12.9 x 9.7 x 4.3
MPN: 04540
Model: 04540
UPC: 709942900408
EAN: 0709942900408
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Audio, video, still images and text to teach you about the wonders of the universe | | • | Sights Illuminated sights to easily point to objects | | • | Comfortable high-fidelity ear buds for audio | | • | 12 channel GPS receiver | | • | Orientation Magnetic north sensors |
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Product Description
Featuring a full-color LCD screen and the added ability to control a Meade computerized telescope, MySky is a fun, interactive, mu hand-held guide to the universe that locates and identifies celestial objects in the night sky. MySky aligns itself by pointing it at a celestial object and pull the trigger to identify planets, stars, nebula, galaxies and more with over 30,000 objects. Your exploration starts with a simple video introduction of how to use MySky. Real-time, Color SkyMaps Guide you to the objects you want to locate. Sandy Wood, the familiar voice of StarDate the syndicated daily radio program, provides you with audio descriptions of the objects you have found. MySky also takes you on guided tours of the best objects in your sky tailored to your time, date and location. Positioning Electronic accelerometers to determine pointing Power save features - Advanced power saving features to extend battery life 4 AA batteries required (not included) Battery Life - Up to 7 hours Just point and shoot to identify planets, stars, constellations and more See images, watch video and hear audio descriptions Take guided tours of the night sky Simple controls that are intuitive and easy to use MySky incorporates full GPS Auto Alignment, which does not require any user input MySky provides information to the user in true multi-media formats - Video, Audio, Still Images, Sky Maps and text Updated object information, tours and program improvements downloadable from the Internet Control your Meade computerized telescope
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Didn't Work Out of the Box October 4, 2007
41 out of 44 found this review helpful
Received mine last week, didn't work at all. Appeared to power up and get a GPS fix but couldn't identify any object. Upgraded the program using the included disk but no change in behavior. Liked the way idea of this device as opposed to the SkyScout but sent it back this morning and decided to stay with the SkyScout. I was going to give the SkyScout to my son if the Meade device worked because I generally prefer Meade equipment but decided to just return this one and wait to see if the reported problems I see on other sites are corrected down the road.
 Fun for adults and kids September 27, 2007
23 out of 33 found this review helpful
I've always been interested in the night sky, and anxiously awaited my MySky. Set up was easy, it took about 10 minutes to read the instructions and I was ready to take it outside. It worked as advertised, identifying planets (Jupiter), stars and constellations. A few days later I took it to a small party, and everybody from a 5 year old (with a little help) to adults thought it was great. I think it'll be great to take on camping trips as well, when the sky is really filled with stars.
Poor quality product November 2, 2007
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
This product had problems from the day I unpacked it. Clearly the R&D on this product was great, but the manufacturing and build quality is horrible for a $400 product. GPS takes too long to lock in, and the aiming system is actually more difficult to use than if they had just added a viewfinder (they imply that it is actually easier) The color lcd is cheap, even the little aiming lights are cheap plastic. Overall, this is a badly produced product and not worth the money.
Waste of Money! November 8, 2007
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
Mine was bad out of the box too. Has been back to Meade for OVER a month now and every time I call Meade they say "We'll get that shipped out to you tomorrow". I had problems with my Celestron SkyScout when I first got it but Celestron got it back to me in about a week and it's been GREAT since then. Save your money and buy a SkyScout from Celestron and avoid Meade. I know I will from now on and I own several of thier scopes.
Don't waste your time or money. You'll be disappointed! November 7, 2007
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Received the unit for my birthday. Very excited at first. Went through a tedious setup process. Realized that the unit was built very poorly with switches that don't seem to be quite right, either recessed too deeply into the device or not as responsive as they should be. Never could get a GPS lock after several attempts. Put in date/time/location manually. mySky was way off on identifying objects. Attempted to update the included SD card per the manual but the "Programming failed." From that point forward, the unit never functioned again. I am returning it for a refund.
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