Hi,
One thing that confused me was trying to find a bright star on intersection of meridian and celestial equator. I thought this meant a naked eye visible star....
It doesn't, it means any star you can see through the reticle which is much easier.
Also the intersection bit confused me, it means mount pointing south, the scope is pointing North, the scope is at right angles to the eq head, the eq head is paralell to the ground; and a few degrees either way (up, down, left, right) to find a star doesn't matter.
This link shows the scope positions really well, thanks Baz
http://www.asignobservatory.com/driftalignment.aspx
Paul