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How To Change the LX200 Button Battery

The Meade LX200 telescope offers electronic controls to aid in your observation of the night sky. A power panel stores coordinates and accepts information sent to the telescope by a remote key pad. Inside the power panel resides a small "button" battery that provides memory backup when the telescope sits idle. In time, the battery will fail and you will need to change it to avoid losing information stored in the power panel.

Things You'll Need

Phillips screwdriver
Small plastic container
Small flathead screwdriver
Three-volt replacement battery

Instructions

- 1
  Remove the four Phillips screws from the front of the power panel with a Phillips screwdriver. Set the screws in a small plastic container.
- 2
  Pull the power panel from the from the drive base with your hands. Move slowly to avoid damaging the cable connection between the power panel and the drive base. Squeeze the sides of the cable connection. Pull the cable away from the connector.
- 3
  Slide the end of a small flathead screwdriver under the battery. Push the handle of the screwdriver toward the power panel. Pull the loosened battery from its housing.
- 4
  Insert a new 3-volt replacement battery into the housing with the negative side of the battery facing toward the power panel circuit board.
- 5
  Push the cable connection onto the power panel connector.
- 6
  Set the power panel into the drive base. Secure the power panel with the screws temporarily stored in the small plastic container.

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