The work-around is to press one button at a time, verifying each button press before attempting the next button press. This problem makes the handbox difficult to use. The contrast is reduced to the point where segments of the display that should be dark are not dark enough to properly form characters. It is not the use of full brightness, per se, that is the problem but the loss of character contrast. This problem persists after the initialization process is complete and the display is no longer at full brightness.
Characters remain hard to read at reduced brightness.
This problem makes reading the Autostar display difficult. PARK presents a potential problem for telescope users who do not leave their telescopes in a permanent location. For those users who, in fact, use a portable tripod and move their telescope to an observing position, it's possible to do an alignment without enough room in the telescope's range of azimuth motion. This item is more of a matter of an enhanced feature than a limitation to telescope function. Go back to the Autostar Information page .