BUT the 59xx firmware has NUMEROUS known issues. Like it cannot find planets for example, and many other issues. The new Autostar Updater software (version 5.9, and ver.5BE2 firmware corrects many of these issues with the new hand controller.
As mentioned before 5BE2 will NOT work in the older 497 controller.
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