Neq6 alignment stars issue

[Nova2000]

Hi

The mount is 2yrs old and it wouldn't show much alignment stars and would sometimes take a long time to show stars. Yesterday it took so long to find alignment stars during a star party, we tried several times, twice it showed us some stars which are not so bright and hard to find. Then when we powered it again, it showed us Sirius, then it wasn't even showing the next star, it was saying searching only. Last 2yrs we didn't get bothered much but now it's irritating, we ended up doing a one star alignment. Anyone else facing this issue!? 

[spillage]

Not used my handset for a long time now, but have you updated the handset?

[Nova2000]

Not updated it 

[Geoff Lister]

Does your handset have a real-time clock with backup battery? My Skyprodigy's handset slowly drifts over a few weeks, and an incorrect time can turn GoTo into GoElsewhere.

Geoff