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Hi John,
You wont regret the upgrade to the LX90. I'm very pleased with mine.
A couple of points worth noting when you start using it which will make life a little less frustrating for you.
It does suffer from some "rubber banding" as users call it out of the box, especially if you try to resync on an object. What you'll find is the scope has a tendency to drift off the object after you centre it. Follow the drive training procedure (which can be done during daylight on a terrestrial object) and that will take care of that problem. This is something you will have to do from time to time.
As Jakob said I also found the auto alignment didn't work, most likely due to the LNT module not knowing our true north / mag north offset. I manually level the tripod with a spirit level, point the scope to true north, and then perform a two star alignment. Works fine. The LNT module can be calibrated by following the calibrate sensors routine which involves pointing the telescope at Sigma Octans (not Polaris as the manual says). I haven't been to a dark enough site yet where I can see that star so I'm still working on that problem. To be honest the two star alignment is quicker than auto align as it takes some time to level itself and find north so even if the auto alignment worked I'd still do the two star alignment.
There are a few of us LX90 users about so any questions ask away and I'm sure one of us will be able help.
Cheers,
Greg
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