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Are you SURE you installed the batteries correctly? I once installed them with ONE battery reversed. !
Jiggle the cable to the hand controller, you might just have a bad cable. You can buy a new one from Celestron.
If you can get a 12 volt power pack and the proper power cable or the 110 volt power pack-- try it on direct power. If this is a new scope I would return it to the deal if these simple fixes do not work.
Locate a local astronomy club and attend their star parties. They will help you with the telescope. NO! Nexstar hand controller do not work on TASCO telescopes. You bought a VERY VERY small 60mm telescope. You would have been better off buying 10x50mm binoculars as your first "telescope".
Its normal, and is the signal showing the drive powering/spinning up and down. The drive spins at 7200 rpms, when you power it up or down, its switches onto the speed that best suits what it's intended to do.
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