Setting up your goto. Date format. Schoolboy error

[palatine]

Just a heads up for all our UK based people. Remember that synscan handsets use the U.S. date format for dates.

ie mm.dd.yyyy

So remember to input the date correctly or you'll spend a good couple of hours pulling your hair out trying to align to stars that are below the horizon.

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[jambouk]

A very common error for people to make and a useful reminder.

[Steve Ward]

A more appropriate bit of advice might be to actually read the instruction manual ... 

[PeterW]

Hmmm, wondered why the eq6 was a not goto even when I thought I had set it up right. Will bear in mind next time.

PeterW

[ronin]

A more appropriate bit of advice might be to actually read the instruction manual ... 

Don't even need to read the manual.

When the handset requests the date is displays: mm/dd/yyyy

It is the same with Longitude and Latitude, the handset displays what item it wants the user to input.

Reading what you are asked to supply would solve a lot.

[palatine]

Don't even need to read the manual.

When the handset requests the date is displays: mm/dd/yyyy

It is the same with Longitude and Latitude, the handset displays what item it wants the user to input.

Reading what you are asked to supply would solve a lot.

A more appropriate bit of advice might be to actually read the instruction manual ... 

no "real man" ever reads the manual....

[Astro Imp]

no "real man" ever reads the manual....

Exactly, see my sig.

[Paul M]

Or get the GPS mouse like wot I did. It puts all that stuff in for you!

Had to read the manual though

Age, I blame age...

[orley]

Lol, had to smile. Last Sunday I got Daylight Saving Time back to front. Wondered why all of a sudden the mount thought the world had changed...

[astrofox]

Been there