--- In backbayastro@..., "bob414" <bob414@...> wrote:
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> I could be wrong, but I think a 497 has a full keypad, 1-9 key + 0. A 494
> has only a set of up/down/left right arrows. Is this handset is a 497, I
> would be interested in purchasing it for my ETX60, if the price is right.
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> Bob
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> From: backbayastro@... [mailto:backbayastro@...] On
> Behalf Of wd4sel
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 3:58 PM
> To: backbayastro@...
> Subject: [backbayastro] Re: Help
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> Chuck...I just put a photo of a handbox in the photo section that I had
> laying on the shelf. I don't know what it fits...a LX200 or if it is a 497.
> It looks like it has never been used...I don't even know if it works or
> not...I have no Meade outfits to test with. Maybe you can ID it...
>
> Regards,
> Stu
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> --- In backbayastro@... <mailto:backbayastro%40yahoogroups.com>
> , "Chuck" wrote:
> >
> > I bought a used Autostar 497 hand controller off of the Internet. It seems
> to have a problem. It could be the attached cable, it looks a little rough.
> I would like to know if anyone has a Meade Autostar 497 hand control and
> cable I could use to see if it actually works on my ETX 70. The Autostar 494
> hand controller works just fine. With this Autostar 497 I encounter a motor
> fault after it starts to slew to the first alignment star. Like I stated, it
> slews just fine with the Autostar 494, so I know there is nothing wrong with
> the ETX 70.
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> > V/R
> >
> > Chuck Jagow
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