Pat...sounds like just a dead battery...not un-common. When you replaced it you probably didn't enter user data correctly.
I use
Gemini ASCOM to save a profile and if I need to re-enter it (aka battery change) I just up-load that saved profile...takes all of 2 mins.
Gemini DTG input is well ..."different"...see down bottom of this page Gemini
UTC DTG input.
Oh and you really don't need to level an EQ mount for polar alignment. As long as you have polar or drift aligned it doesn't matter as your RA axis will now be pointing at the celestial pole.