cine 9 psu/smps noise, and distorted image

redfox, i managed to make the smered image clear up in the bottom left side of the red tube (however, bottom right and top are the same still.) i used the manual astig adjustments on the back of the neck. theres fine blue marks where i presume the handles are supposed to line up?

theres two adjustments on each handle. i can swing it around the tube and then i can twist the handle.

after watching the video mentioned earlier, i understand astig is just making the dot on the test pattern displayed round. i have some serious flaring going on around the entire final image. what i cant wrap my head around is what i am supposed to do. my understanding is to get all mechanical adjustments as close as possible, and use midpositions for all electronic settings before i begin calibrating electronically. if i use electronic astig through the menus, it says to use the focus control on the remote to defocus the image. i dont understand why i do this. am i supposed to get the center astig perfect with mechanical handles? then use digital adjustments to fix the rest of the image?

i am struggling here. curts page about astig is confusing :S