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Old 28-09-2006, 10:28 PM
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If it's the GPS version it's should be pretty straight forward. When you set it up try to have one leg pointing as close to north as you can work out (10 deg west of magnetic north will be close enough). Then mount the scope with the control panel on the south side of the mount directly opposite the leg.

Undo the Azimuth lock and manually turn the scope as far as it will go one way. Then come back all the other way and count the number of turns it takes. Then come back half way and lock the Azimuth with the forks and base lined up.

Release the Dec lock (hold the tube so it doesn't drop unexpectedly) and set the tube level.

From this point you should be able to simply turn the scope on and run with the automatic alignment. Hint: if it slews to a star for alignment and it says something like "Slew to the brightest star and press Enter" and you can't tell which is the brightest star, the press one of the arrows (V or ^) at the bottom of the controller to move to another star area that might be brighter.

Hope that helps.
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