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The drive training is remembered by AutoStar once its done. Although I have read that some people train the drives on a regular basis which they claim improves performance. Its definitely worthwhile to train the drives if you do any major tinkering/adjusting on the mount.
There is an easier way to train the drives during the daytime without driving to a viewpoint/lookout site. Bintel told me this method. I set up the and mount the scope in-doors in the middle of my (largish) lounge room. Draw a small circle target/bullseye (black texta is fine) on a post-it note and then stick it up high in the room, say up in the wall/ceiling cornice. This is your 'star'. I then attach (using elastic bands and bluetack) a laser pointer to the scope with the switch 'on' (again using elastic bands to depress the switch).' You are then ready to train the drive indoors using the laser pointer and your hand-drawn star during the daytime. I assume its probably not as accurate as using a distant object and the eyepiece, but it well and truely works well enough for me. Fox.
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