Meade autostar display problem manual#

I decided to start with all basic setups went on to do a drive train and calibration. To my surprise, the scope started getting GPS fix, found level, north and everything else as it was expected to. Out of fear of losing the gears I unlocked the RA lock. When switched on, initially it did the same thing it did last time slowly move in anticlockwise direction for an eternity and then I could hear a sound which indicated that the gears were slipping. I used a 12 volts automotive battery this time since I had a doubt on the power supply and Mark had also suggested that.

Meade autostar display problem manual#

I have not tried the manual (non GPS) mode for alignment - skies have been bad continuously since my first trial, not allowing me to try that out.ДЄfter waiting impatiently for weeks I finally got a clear night couple of days ago. After that I tried several times but the scope either does not move at all or moves for some time and stops. It slewed towards Jupiter and stopped a few degrees off. Then it said alignment successful but obviously it was off. It went to the next alignment star with the same problem as with the first star. However, the arrow keys would not work and left with no choice I just pressed enter. On one occasion it got GPS fix, started auto align process, went to the first alignment star and started a continuous beep along with a message to 'center the star and press enter'. Some times it starts moving in anti clockwise direction, stops after some time and the display on the autostar II goes blank. Smart Drive' but nothing happens after that. Some times when powered on the display shows 'Initialising. I recently bought a used LX200 GPS (2003 model).