Bob,

>"I spent all night trying to get it right, but I'm about 15 deg. off
on all objects,"

15 degrees would amount to one hour, no? Or twenty three hours? Is your
clock set for 12 or 24 hour time?

BT

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 3:01 PM
Subject: [M]: setting time on lx200


> Hey all, I have a question on setting my time on the LX 200, is there
> another way to set the time other than what the manual describes. I have
> been having a problem with keeping my time on the scope since I have had
it,
> and I usually just update it every now and then when pointing errors
become
> a problem, but today I noticed that my time but also long& lat info was
> incorrect , I started from scratch, had to break out the manual but I
recall
> using a slightly different method rather than the +5 GMT offset (eastern
> time). I could be mistaken here, I've had the scope for a couple years now
> and haven't needed the manual since.
>
> up until now the scope hit dead on in a 26mm eyepiece when the info was
> right, I spent all night trying to get it right, but I'm about 15 deg. off
> on all objects, It's driving me nuts. BTW I put a fresh battery in
recently
> so I don't think that's the problem.
>
> Thanks Bob M
>
>

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