[Rod771 (Rod)]

Can anyone please help with Nexstar+ hand controller

I have the Cgem DX mount and have tried the "polar alignment" procedure after completing the all star alignment, and I'm getting quite annoyed.

I slew to Sirius then "synced" on it as the hand manual says, then I started the polar alignment procedure (Where the mount slews away from the star and you adjust the mounts azimuth and latitude manually to re-center the star in the eye piece)

As I have the scope pointed south, time, date and location enter correctly and have completed the two star alignment with four cal stars, I would assume the scope would not slew far from Sirius when starting the "polar alignment", however the mount swung all the way around to the west??? (opposite from when Sirius was at the time, as if the hand controller was trying to get me to swing the whole mount around to the north)

I have gone right the hand controller settings to double check the settings a correct and I'm still puzzled.

The only thing I have noticed is when do the all star alignment the hand controller list the two alignment stars as "w" (west of meridian) when in fact they are east. Vice verser for the cal stars, it lists them as "E" instead of west.

Any thoughts would be appreciated