Celestron Advanced GT mount - issues

[Stephan]

Hi,

I have electronics issues with my Celestron Advanced GT mount. The hand control comes up with error #16 and #17 when initialising. From my research, I found that this could be a faulty hand control or faulty motor-electronics. I tried factory resetting of the hand control but no success. So, my question: Is there anybody in the Newcastle area who has a similar mount and would be willing to either let me try their hand controller on my mount or I could try my hand controller on their mount? Or does anyone have any other idea how to determine if the hand controller is faulty or the motor electronics? Any help is very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Stephan