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Old 13-03-2012, 08:27 PM
Poita (Peter)
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Ah. There is your problem right there.

Tell your mount to 'Park' and then loosen the clutches, and manually move the mount into the correct parked position (the mount not the tripod, leave the tripod where it is).
Then tighten up the clutches again.
Now the electronics in the mount are aligned with the mount itself, and you will have much better luck with the 2 star align process.

The mount has no idea where true North or South or anything is, it counts on you having the tripod pointing true south, and the elevation set to your location, and the 'Park' being when the mount is 'zeroed'.
It then aligns everything in relation to that starting point, so they need to be as close as possible.

If you park the scope, and it isn't pointing directly over the leg, then you need to move it into the correct parked position, using your hands, not using the controller. It should then remember that parked position as long as you park it each time before you turn it off.
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