I tried 'my' new alignment technique last night and guess what...it worked!
I guess that when you place the scope in the home position, and turn on the power, the SynScan must assume that it is aligned with the pole, otherwise how would it locate the first star?
So...after the scope skewed to the first alignment star, it was off by a mile.
At this point I turned off the power & used the Alt/Azi bolts to centre the star.
Then returned the scope manually to the home position. For accuracy here, I used the RA and DEC. dials turning them to a small texta dot! The dials don't need to be calibrated since this is a relative measure.
I then repeated the 1 star align, and this time the star was in the field of view. Repeated again and the star was in the middle!!
Also I guess the reason I had to perform this a few times is during the time you take to move the scope, the star has moved.
The auto guider was very happy.
Tonight I will try and get details on the POLAR alignment accuracy.
For proof, I was able to get my first EVER image. Will post it in the images section when processing done