alignment trouble

[marty d]

I've a sky watcher 127 az goto telescope, whilst messing around with the hand unit i found my self in the factory setting area and reset it to factory settings. tonight i wanted to do some observing and tried to do a 2 star alignment i put in all the relevent info selected the 2 star alignment and it came up with "searching...." and seemed to lock up. i then tried the bright star alignment and still came up with "searching...."and again seemed to lock up. is it possible to wipe all the stars from it's memory.

a very worried marty d.

[scottydog]

I have that scope too Marty d. I'm no expert but I wouldn't have thought that you have wiped all the objects from the memory...can anybody help out here? Have you had a look at the dedicated SW 127 Mak group on here? There may be some info there that can help. Good luck in sorting it out

[GoatGirl]

Try turning it off for a minute etc (disconnected from the power) then turn it on again.

Last resort, reflash it

[marty d]

thanks Scotty will have a look later (work calls). Goatgirl not sure what reflash is? but thanks anyway

[hemihaggis]

hi marty , i used to have a 127 mak also ,wish i had never sold it lol , i belive when yoiu reset to factory , it will wipe all user input data , it should still have all the preprogrammed datbase 35,000 objects ect ... ,try starting the scope as you would if it was brand new out the box , follow the instructions lol , as for reflashing , you use the spare cable you got with the scope (the one in the box you have not used lol) to connect to a computer , go on tho the sw website , look for customer support ,and you should be able to update/reflash the handset . best of luck

[scottydog]

Or you can get the latest updates from the CD Rom that comes with 'The Sky @ Night' magazine...if you get it that is

[Capricorn]

Factory default location and timezone could almost anywhere in th world, probably California or Chinese mainland, but not Taunton.

You are most likely going to have to enter all data as if the scope in new, would expect it to be OK after that.