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Hi,
First I am going to assume that you only want a visual setup, so i wont go into the details of how to drift align as you dont need perfect polar alignment just to look.
(0) Park the scope in the home position. The EQ head should be straight up and down, the telescope should be pointing up at an angle.
(1) Move the whole mount and scope physically so the scope is pointing roughly South in the parked position. With a compass find magnetic south for your position. Then adjust for magnetic declination. If you google you will be able to find how far east or west true south is from magnetic south in your location. You need to point the mount and scope at true south, not magnetic south.
(3) Yes, set the declination axis to 28 degrees by adjusting the knobs. This wont be completely accurate as the scales are not accurate, but good enough for visual.
(4) Do a three star align. The first star will be way off, but it should be within at least 10 degrees of where the scope is pointing and be easily recognizeable by being the brightest thing in that direction. You need to have aligned your telrad or finder before doing this, but assuming it is aligned, move the scope using the hand controller until it is in the field of view of your longest FL eyepiece. Use the finder to get it there. Once in the EP field of view, center it and switch to your highest power EP to refine the center position. Repeat with the other two stars and you should be set to go.
Cheers Paul
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