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Sorry so late with the reply, I have a Meade Starnavigator 102. It is really simple to align. You cannot polar align it from the polar alignment process it is designed for (obviously because we cannot see Polaris). What you need to do is to find north as closely as possible (doesn't have to be as accurate as if you were aligning a GEM) and do a three star alignment - it is programmed to do a star alignment. Because it has an inbuilt GPS it will know your Lat & Long. Use three stars to give a good 'cut' to fix your position -the more stars you align to the better. Usually starts with Rigil Kent (at 33deg south where I live) and goes on from there. Sometimes it pays to do the alignment twice. When you get it right it tracks really well.
I love my refractor and am still surprised at how well it performs for a $199 purchase from Costco. All that I did was replace the stock focuser with a 2" dual speed crayford style focuser from crawmach - it makes a big difference.
Good Luck.
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