I googled the PICMicro 12C50804/SM (8-Pin, 8-Bit CMOS microcontroller) and was offered several by a Chinese distributor called Engrave Male Genital's...
What about installing a simple slide switch in the housing, to disconnect the battery? The housing has lots of room and it is a simple modification. tjmck ......
Greetings, First time poster here. I just bought one of the 125AT close-outs and am awaiting its arrival. I'd like to put a different guidescope on it but...
You can see several finderscopes on the Accessory Reviews: Finderscopes page on my ETX Site. Also, check the Helpful Information: Telescope Tech Tips page for...
I was just trying to familiarize myself with the Patch procedures when I came across Patch43GD posted today 6 Jan 2009 on the STARGPS/Downloads page. Dick is...
The RJ-11 plugs are about $4/100 on eBay. Say pretty please and I'll send you a couple 'cause no way am I gon'na use 100 it this lifetime! Or go to the dollar...
Check Photos> Photo Albums> Cushing for some I've done. I usually put brass threaded inserts into the plastic for mounting. The finder is close to the center...
Gday Bob It should be the same as that posted by Dick on the LX90 site last week ( plus the std Starpatch extras ) Ie it has ... Extended peeking Fixes...
And Gday to you as well Andrew. Can you please tell me the advantage of killing the Autostar "brightest star" feature?? Bob Harris "Melbourne" Florida ... when...
Gday Bob In Meades wisdom, they dumbed down autoaligning So as not to "confuse" you, they use "brightest star" instead of the real star name, but only whilst...
Gday Bob ... Nope, but it doesn't appear to be critical. The oddness was associated with which way the scope slews at times ( ie how far it thinks its from its...
Hiya Andrew (and others), I just loaded Patch43EG using the trial version of the StarPatch software. The process could not have been simpler and the software ...
Gday Jan It did when i tested it in Melbourne And i have heard feedback from two other users in England that it worked for them Andrew Johansen Melbourne...
The keys on my ETX-125 Autostar controller are lighted at power on. The keys on my ETX-90 Autostar controller are not lighted. I have been looking for an...
... Other than "Sleep" and "Utilities/Brightness", there is not a casually user-accessible on/off "function" for the LED states. There are two outputs on the...
There's one last gasp to try ... lean on the [mode] key during power-up... they have a "display is invisible, reset to 'normal'" routine which -may- affect...
Anyone in the group have a Meade ETX125 in good shape that they want to sell? I'm looking for one for my local K-12 school lab. We don't need any eyepieces...
I think these are like the RJ45 connectors and conductors on ethernet cables with some modification. http://www.weasner.com/etx/autostar/2008/497HBXcable.html...
Scopestuff (not related to me), has a replacement cable that works great and it's longer than ETX original cable Freddy ________________________________ From:...
Thanks to Gregg and Freddy for your answers. I ordered a new cable from Scopestuff. bh ... From: Freddy Diaz To: ETXASTRO@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...