Dean Davis

While trying to setup m;y synscan V5 hand held controller I accidently set contract so low that nothing is visible under any conditions from normal daylight to complete darkness. Although I have Synscan pro software on my PC and smart phone so I can operate the basic system, but I want to get access to the entire menu on the handheld. Does anyone have a proven fix to this problem? If no system fix, how about a step by step handheld button press sequence to reset handheld and then factory settings? Any help here would be greatly appreciated as I am about give up and buy a new handheld just to get back to visible led menus and prompts.

I bought a new Skywatcher Dobson 250P 10" this July 2021 and am having problems with slipping clutch on azimuth motor. Scope as delivered is quite nose heavy and simply will not raise from 0 degree horizontal or hold position in any azimuth below about 60 degrees even if manually set. Skywatcher customer support has been of no help so far with 6 emails back and forth on this problem. I am sure that this is a clutch adjustment problem but this model has no external clutch adjustments and the customer service guy has avoided my repeated requested for clutch adjustment information, leading me to believe that this may be a known design and/or manufacture flaw that they do not want to admit or acknowledge. Anyone have similar issues and fixes for this mounts problems?