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Hi,
Don't worry too much about getting it accurate at the beginning. you'll get the hang of it.
Same with polar alignment. my suggestion would be to try and understand what you're doing when polar aligning, that is pointing the RA axis as close to the south celestial pole as possible.
try and understand the RA and Dec concepts if possible.
Use stellarium or any other software or planisphere to help identify what's where or to find objects.
Even the finder alignment is easy if you use bright objects like jupiter.
just get it tracking at sidereal once you have a target.
as for manual guiding, you'll basically have to stare through the finder and watch for the star drifting as your camera will be in the main scope.
If it drifts, you press the east or west button at 1x to get the star centered again. But I wouldn't even attempt it. not worth the trouble.
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