I'll add my beginners experience, although I have the EQ6-R. Someone correct me if I'm giving incorrect advice!
I find it a lot easier to use Stellarium with the "Stelarium Scope" plugin instead of the mounts hand controller.
If you decide to do this you'll need one of these:
https://www.bintel.com.au/product/sh...eq5-interface/
And this tutorial:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-581-0-0-1-0.html (A few other bits of software required as well)