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Hi Phil
Generally, out-of-the-box, there should be no need to rotate the illuminated polar alignment scope (PAS) reticule, at least that was my experience on my previous GP and GP-DX mounts.
From memory, all I used to do was roughly align the mount using a protractor (to set the rough altitude) and compass (to set the rough azimuth). This usually placed the 4 stars of the Octans “trapezium” in the field of view of the PAS. I then released the RA clutch to rotate the RA axis so the reticule roughly aligned with the Octans stars and then clamped the RA clutch and fine tuned the polar alignment using the mount altitude and azimuth fine adjustment knobs on the mount.
Cheers
Dennis
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