Something is not working with Autostar. I've tried the two star alignment five or six times tonight and it totally fails to track. My first star I picked was Capella and right from the start the scope was way too low. After centering it I hit enter then picked Aldabaran (due to trees, lights & houses I can only pick a few stars) and it again was way off. After centering it I hit enter and it said set up successful. I then selected Saturn to see if it would track. It was in the area of Saturn and after centering it, the tracking was not to be found. Within two seconds Saturn was out of fov (using 32mm TV plossl). I reset to home and tried again and same damn thing. This happened the last time I tried this scope. I did have it in "home" position pointing towards Polaris. I bought it for $975 on auction listed as NIB, could it be a lemon? Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks.
LX90 Autostar problems
Started by thoth11, 12/10/2002 07:03AM
Posted 12/10/2002 07:03AM
Opening Post
Posted 12/10/2002 12:47PM
#1
There is and I belong to a LX-90 group on Yahoo. It has many people who can answer your question. I get about 40 emails a day with people with problems and then the answers. Check out the LX-90 group. Takes a bit of looking but you will find them. Great group and a great bunch of answer to most problems. Off hand i'd say you need to reset your scope. I set my scope to "level", lock both the scope and mount, then point it to the north star still level and use the two star alignment. I've had no problems but I think and i've not done it, completely reset your hand held.
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