Most goto scopes must 1st have the tripod level using a bubble level, and some must be TRAINED during the day time on a distant object.
Time, Date, and Site must also be correct. The scope may also have a HOME position.
Usually you need to center TWO or THREE alignment stars before it knows the sky.
Did you do all of this? Read my TIPS on goto scopes on my profile page.
cheers for getting back to me, i have carried out all the checks and the alignment processes but it still will not even find the moon which i was looking right at, at the time, i have a hand held gps so the position and utc are correct. not sure what else i can do apart from the good old fashioned manual way using star charts etc
Did you set Daylight Savings time to YES?
Also the moon and planets are not a good test. These orbits are "calculated". Try a goto to a Named Star like Arcturus or Spica. You never said what brand of telescope you have or the model?
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