CG5 GT Mount ( EQ north/EQ south

[Marcus daniel]

Was looking through the manual today and noticed a section explaining the handset control features. In the tracking section, there are 3 options, tracking off, tracking eq north and eq south, if this mount is being used in the UK, should this be set to eq north. Didn't really understand the explanation, doe's anybody know any more on this subject.

Many thanks

[Keiran]

I would imagine this means North and South of the Equator

[astroeddie]

Yes,

Set it to EQ North. If you don't the handset will think its running in Alt/Az. Your GoTo will be all over let alone tracking. You still need to polar align though!

Eddie

[spaceboy]

Your north of the equator Marcus

[Marcus daniel]

Thanks chaps for the hasty response will do.

[brantuk]

Whew! - thank goodness that's all it was lol

[faulksy]

as said but you will still need to polar align

[Marcus daniel]

Hope your still around Kim, Daniel has reset the mount to factory settings, not happy, any way, the other issue is I am trying to enter my long/lat into the time site, having a bit of a problem with that one, the first is, longitude, the hand set has 001'55'00 for west or east, 52'25'00 north, these are the settings i believe for Birmingham, mine however for here are 52.3112°N 1.9677°W. How do I enter these into the hand controller?

Cheers

[Cornelius Varley]

Try this site Latitude and Longitude of a Point. Zoom in to your location on the map, left click and then read the coordinates below the map.

Peter

[Marcus daniel]

Cheers, all done now thanks chaps

[brantuk]

I wish you'd accepted the demo - I coulda pre-empted all the pain lol. Don't forget to park it properly after use and it will save everything so you don't end up re-inputting it all.

Glad you're sorted Marcus

[Marcus daniel]

Didn't want to take up too much of your time on the day, plus you were in pain with your back, all sorted now though. It's a lot different to the NEQ6 lol!!

How is your back now by the way, hope its better !!

Regards

[brantuk]

I'm off the stick now thanks mate - standing up and moving around ok - just trying to remember to be very careful not to overcook it in any direction lol. Thanks for asking

Yes - it's different to the NEQ6 - I'm going the opposite direction to yourself - from CG5GT to NEQ6 lol. But you'll find the CG5GT has a lot more functionality once you get used to it

[Marcus daniel]

Daniel is liking it anyway, hopefully we will be both out very soon, him using the Cg5 and me on the NEQ6 !! Weather depending!!!

Just doing plans at the moment to build my obsy, it's getting to be a bit of a pain keep carrying the equipment in and out when its clear, the shed arrived this morning so am now looking into ways to modify the roof!!! The pier is built for my NEQ6, and I have installed a power source where the obsy will be located, so moving forward, just want to get it all set ready for winter !!