Hello, thanks for this amazing mount, finally after a long waiting time ,Last night my EQ8R pro mount arrived, I am going to set it up in my permanent observatory, my intention is to mount two telescopes side by side, I already got the ADM side by side saddle, what I would like to know, is , to turn the mount’s saddle 90 degrees, shall I unscrew the mount’s saddle,turn it 90degrees and refit the saddle?, or is there a setting on the hand controller? How shall I do it? Thanks. Kind regards and clear skies
@@peterleveillee1321hi, yea I did, there is a setting in the hand controller, where you can set it to 90 degrees, but there is a problem, if you do it that way, you will not be able to turn the mount 180 degrees to both sides, the other way is to physically unscrew the saddle and turn it 90 degrees, then you will not need to select the 90 degree option in the hand controller, and use it as a normal mount, I’ve been using the mount for over two years, and I am really happy with it Clear skies
I would be glad to field test this beast
Hello, thanks for this amazing mount, finally after a long waiting time ,Last night my EQ8R pro mount arrived, I am going to set it up in my permanent observatory, my intention is to mount two telescopes side by side, I already got the ADM side by side saddle, what I would like to know, is , to turn the mount’s saddle 90 degrees, shall I unscrew the mount’s saddle,turn it 90degrees and refit the saddle?, or is there a setting on the hand controller? How shall I do it?
Thanks.
Kind regards and clear skies
I see SkyWatcher didn't respond, not good as I am waiting for one to come in a couple days. Did you ever figure this out?
@@peterleveillee1321hi, yea I did, there is a setting in the hand controller, where you can set it to 90 degrees, but there is a problem, if you do it that way, you will not be able to turn the mount 180 degrees to both sides, the other way is to physically unscrew the saddle and turn it 90 degrees, then you will not need to select the 90 degree option in the hand controller, and use it as a normal mount, I’ve been using the mount for over two years, and I am really happy with it
Clear skies
Looks like a great advancement in EQ Mounts! Thanks from the Astro community.