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CRMillSpring
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Need power cords and hand controller for old LX200
#5182504 - 04/20/12 10:40 PM
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I recently acquired a LX200 EMC from some friends and I am missing the electrical hookups. I have main scope, finder scope, 2 eyepieces, diagonal piece. I need the electrical cord to power up the telescope along with the hand controller and I have no idea where to look. Can anyone help me out on where to look and also let me know what else I might need to use the telescope electronicly. Any help is much appreciated.
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Hilmi
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Reged: 03/07/10
Loc: Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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Re: Need power cords and hand controller for old LX200
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#5182627 - 04/21/12 01:09 AM
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I have an LX200r hand controller you can have for free if you will cover shipping cost, but I'm not sure it would work with the old LX200
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DaveJ
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Reged: 01/07/05
Loc: NE Ohio
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Re: Need power cords and hand controller for old LX200
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#5182847 - 04/21/12 08:53 AM
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I have an LX200r hand controller you can have for free if you will cover shipping cost, but I'm not sure it would work with the old LX200
A very generous offer, Hilmi, but if your hand controller says "Autostar" anywhere on it (and I'm pretty sure it does) then it is totally incompatible with the LX200 Classic. To the OP, I'd check the ads here on CN or Astromart to see if you can find a functional classic hand controller. They are getting rather rare and priced accordingly, sad to say.
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Hilmi
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Reged: 03/07/10
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Re: Need power cords and hand controller for old LX200
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#5182942 - 04/21/12 10:09 AM
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Yep, mine is Autostar.
Well, its there anybody who wants it, along with the electronics board from the base of the mount. Grab it before I scrap it.
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mjritchie
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Reged: 07/04/10
Loc: Toledo, Ohio
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Re: Need power cords and hand controller for old LX200
[Re: Hilmi]
#5183483 - 04/21/12 04:14 PM
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All is not lost!!! I have a lx200 that uses an autostar retrofit kit. I've had the scope for almost 2 years and it works well. Do a search on the retrofit and I'm sure you'll find it. I purchased mine with the retrofit already installed, so I'm not sure of the pricing of the kit. A compatible power cord should be easy enough to find though.
just found a link to George, the vendor/creator? of this retrofit. The one I have was one of his earliest trials from what I remember.
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/3785065/_
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