Hi Gary,
Thanks for that. I kind of get it, and i kind of don't!
My encoders are both negative. But the manual says i should put the scope on the EAST side of the mount regardless. Only if I want to put the scope on the WEST side, do i change the sense sign. Right?
Also, regarding the FIX ALT REF. Slightly confused.
----10 minute thinking going on here-----
Ooooh...ok. So my FIX ALT REF and my first align star must be done on the same side of the meridian..? Yeah? So, if I'm on the EAST, I can align the first star with canopus / sirius...or something in the west.
OK! Thanks Gary! Will give it a go tonight! I'll run the initial setup again just to make sure that's all correct (encoder direction sense etc...).
Sorry, for not emailing this to directly to wildcard, but as it wasn't a technical problem, just user "n00bness", I thought I'd post it here. Shall email you guys in future.
Thanks again, and I'll report tonight with my findings!