[thunderchildobs]

I am looking for a light weight goto mount to use with some of my small scopes (<5Kg) and as a camera mount.

I found a iOptron Smart EQ at a local shop. When trying to do a 3 star alignment the mount ended with the counterweight pointing up, above the horiztonal on the 3rd star. I was expecting the mount to do a meridian flip.

Is there a trick to do the 3star alignment? To be far I was trying the mount straight out of the box without knowing what the factory settings were and there was no detail manual.

Brendan