SOURCE: meade LX200GPS telescope
The front panel for the telescope has an internal fuse. Remove the screws and look at the circuit board for a fuse. Replace with the same type and rating. The telescope has a diode with the fuse that gives some protection against reverse polarity, and the telescope should function on this fix.
SOURCE: Changing the coordinates of the autostar for meade etx 125
What are you using as a reference for "LST time"? I assume you're aware
that stands for "Local Sidereal Time", and not Local Standard Time; some
folks have confused the two. Do you have another method to calculate
Sidereal time for your location?
When you set Date and Time in the Setup menu, you need to use the time
from the "clock on the wall" without any mental adjustments for Daylight
Saving or Time Zone; those settings are made elsewhere. From your
description of the problem, it sounds like you have a time offset,
especially if your Site location values are fairly accurate.
Whether you use Zip Code or City sometimes depends on where you live
with respect to a particular city. If you live several miles from the
nearest city, Zip Code may be best .
SOURCE: Manual For Telestar By Meade
Here are all of Meade's manuals ----
http://www.meade.com/manuals/index.html
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Summary: outdated software
The software this kit comes with is old and outdated.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: No horizontal movement of autostar
Here is Meade's manuals web site--
http://www.meade.com/manuals/index.html
They also have a customer support phone number-
www.meade.com
Either the gear is loose and not engaging or is broken-- or the clutch is not engaging when you tighten the base.
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