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In automated mode it shows the stars in the correct orientation within the limitations of your mount reporting its correct RA and your calibration indicating the correct camera angle. In manual mode it makes a guess based on LST and assuming the mount is at 18h Hour Angle.
In both cases it assumes your declination is +/-90.
If the stars are not in your FOV you need to move in declination until at least one can be identified. For that you need a reasonably good star alignment or you need to plate solve or star hop.
Once you are pointing at one of the stars your polar alignment can be up to 5 degrees out and it will show you the correction needed. In that case the correction may well take you outside the FOV. In that stuation I'd recommend to move the star in the required direction to the edge of the FOV, correct in declination to recentre the star then rerun the alignment. process.
I'm interested to know what sorts of FOV people have. At present the outermost star I show is sigma Octans but I can easily add more if the demand is there.
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