I apologize in advance for the length of this message. Here is the history: I received a MySky as a gift a couple weeks ago from my father. It worked when I...
I have had mine for a year now. Ver 1.2tc. Works Great except it won't get GPS, but everything else OK. Now I have been noticing that the batts will go dead in...
If you have the new Meade MySky Plus, it doesn't have GPS functionality and you shouldn't update the loaded firmware. You want to run 1.3b. If you have the...
Hi, I left this group because I was getting lots of Spam but now I have actually ordered a MySky Plus since the price went down. I looked in the files and...
http://www.weasner.com/etx/reviews/2007/mySKY.html Go about 1/2 way down the page- pinout diagram & explanation there. You can do a search there also for...
The device is labeled "MySky" The box is labeled "MySky" The instruction book is labeled "MySky Plus" Regardless, I've tried both without success. Any other...
My new MySky Plus is running firmware 1.3b With this firmware the time calculations are out by 12 hours, i.e. for an Auckland, New Zealand location you have to...
Jim, Thanks for the quick reply and that great article. I should have thought to look at Mike Weasner's site. It is the bible for everything Autostar. Now I...
Jerry: Yes, if it's ETX Mike's site is where the answers are at I've found. As far as mysky, I'm on my 3rd one myself; twice returned & hopefully repurchased...
Jim, Thanks for letting me know how yours are doing. I have always been a little leary of Meade's electronics department. The very first scope I ever bought...
Just a quick note: when I upgraded my 1.2tc (original) unit to 1.3b I couldn't get it to work with a 1gb SD card - I had to overwrite the original 256mb SD. ...
Jerry, It is good therapy to share the pain, for sure. I definitely agree with the lack of QC. It is a real shame what has happened to this company. The...
Thanks for the response. I do not know which version the unit originally had because my Dad tried to update the software before he gave it to me. As a result I...
boor, I know this is a Meade group but I have to tell you that I wouldn't buy a Meade scope right now. The company is in dire straights and may fail this year....
... think he has a clue. The curious thing is that both, as far as I know have GPS on them - the GPS Plus was just a marketing maneuver to introduce newer ...
Thanks Jerry! ... buy a Meade scope right now. The company is in dire straights and may fail this year. The Quality control and Customer Service deptartments ...
Jim, and the group, Well I got my unit yesterday afternoon. Turned it on and went through the steps. It actually initialized before I could even set it on a...
Hope you find a scope that is to your liking. I now own 4 scopes and I use them all. My wife thinks I am nuts. Different scopes have diffenrent uses and even...
... Something i have not -tried- (but have read about) is tearing apart one of the musical/speaking greeting cards and using its speaker. They're made to work...
I was sent a card by meade support ($5 shipping), but that new card causes the mysky to blink its red lights 3 times then turn off. The screen does not come...
I am adding my experience here, just might help someone else like these post helped me. I got a PLUS, did the UPGRADE form the CD as in the manual, then...
I used old Sony Walkman external speakers that I bought at a drug store years ago and they work great. You might find something similar works as well. ... ...
Glad to hear it, Jerry! Third time was a charm for me with these devices. Enjoy!! Jim ________________________________ From: dsalkovi <dsalkovi@...> ...
When I put 1.2tc on my 1 gig SD card - which by the way was a lexar, the same brand of card that came with the MySky - it got to the end of the progress bar...
Thanks Dick, I solved the speaker problem yesterday. I went to Radio Shack and bought a pair of battery amplified speakers for an Ipod. They are made...
... Things i've done: (a) Digikey, Jameco, Mouser, Newark, local industrial electronic suppliers (b) take an RJ11 and introduce it to a slimming program at a...
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