Andrew's app is from: Meade's app is from You could try opening the handbox and see if the display capsule's "zero insertion force" connector has released the flat cable that feeds the capsule. Meade offers the same functions in their "Remote Handbox" app, which is part of their free Autostar Suite package.
You can also access any point in the Autostar's menu and *click* to get there. That program has a tab that presents the keypad, plus a display of what would be on the screen. If the telescope is connected to a Windows PC, you can use Andrew Johansen's free "MyScope" app in place of the handbox. The handbox is a "dumb terminal" (in legacy computer-speak). The Autostar II computer itself is in the telescope base. They will NOT work *inplace* of the entire handbox, but they're good as a source of this part. The capsule from other Autostars (the 497, the 497EP and the Audiostar) also fit the Autostar II handbox, you might find one of them cheaper than buying a new Autostar II handbox. Then re-seat the cable square into the connector, and then push the latch back into place. There's a subtle plastic "latch that you push (at most: 1 mm) towards the capsule.
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