My problem is that when I carry out the easy (two-star) alignment on a very clear night, knowing which stars to go for, the telescope keeps moving around slowly and finally ends up in a crazy upright position. This is before the first star has been located. I have reset the handbox, I have trained the engine, batteries are new etc. Any suggestions? Best, Mads, Denmark.
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SOURCE: Meade DS-2114 ATS LNT
Also had the problem. I found that the LNT did not find north unless the bottom of the Smartfinder is close to parallel with the ground.
SOURCE: MEADE LX90 TELESCOPE
Had the same problem. Took it to a dealer and we put a new controller on but the funny thing was that my old controller worked fine on another scope but it would not work on mine. Agreed with "Guest" above - Mead's after sales service is bad.
SOURCE: LX200 EMC MEADE 8 INCH
By doing this trick--
Do a FAKE alignment-- (I assume that the scope is trained and has the proper date, time, and site)-- just push the buttons for the alignment stars that you cannot see. Then do a GOTO to a star that is in your field of view--- center the star and SYNC. Your gotos will now be OK in your limited field of view.
SOURCE: vista will not work with autostar 494
I did some research on meade 506 astrofinder software
Read this...
Customer Review:
Rating: 
Summary: outdated software
The software this kit comes with is old and outdated. It is not
supported by Windows XP nor Windows Vista. The latest supported version
of Windows is Windows 98.
It
also appears that the included software is a limited trial software. It
is limited to the included 3 catalogs (star maps). The complete set of
catalogs must be purchased additionally at quite some expense.
The
cable connection kit couldn't be reviewed because it was missing from
the package I received, but keep in mind when you order this kit, that
neither Windows XP nor Windows Vista support serial ports anymore. The
additional USB to serial adapter would be required.
That last line would suggest to me that if one had a USB to Serial adapter it might work? but I really do not know for sure. checking into some more stuff...
Found another article that states "It requires a PC running Windows 98SE through Windows XP. It will not
run under Windows 95 or earlier, nor will it run under Windows Vista."
OK I found this site, you might be able to make some sense of it. But I did read in there that they do make USB serial adapters that will work with Vista OS.
Good Luck and happy star gazing! If you find something new out there maybe you could name it after me if you get it working. lol
SOURCE: My meade autostar controller seams to be messing
You may have a bad cable- you can order these from Meade-
http://www.meade.com/support/index.html
Try a new cable first-
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