Plug the USB cable of the microscope into the USB port of your computer. Each
computer system will have slightly different messages. For example, on some
Vista OSs when plugged in the message may say "Installing Device Driver
Software" and shortly thereafter you may see a message "Your Devices Are
Ready to Use." Just follow any instructions shown on the screen.
You will need to install the Digital Microscope Suite software (on Windows OS's)
to actually view and/or image. Prior to doing this you will need to unplug the
USB cable until the installation is complete. You can also use other image/photo
capture software that you may have on your Windows system if you desire.
To use the microscope with MAC operating systems you will need to
have MAC Version 10.4.9 and higher – must use a MAC compatible
image/photo capture program (iChat with PhotoBooth, etc). To find
Photobooth on a Mac, go to your hard drive and click on Applications.
Choose Photobooth from the list of applications. If a camera is already
attached to computer, Photobooth will show up as your default. You will
need to change this to "Celestron Microscope." You will then be able
to take photos with your microscope using the capture button. Please
note: Many keyboards on Macs have a USB port. The microscope will
not work through this USB port because it does not have enough power.
You will have to connect the USB directly to your computer tower.
When viewing or imaging, you can change the orientation of the image on the
computer screen by rotating the microscope to the position you desire.
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