I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "could not connect to base via the LS" and "I attempted to transfer the setup the second home screen menu". In what way were you unable to connect to base via the LS?
Regarding the base using a distant position:
The way the Triumph2 is generally configured, it will send corrections based on the last position it used when it was shut down. There is a setting in Netview to change this behavior to start with an autonomous position automatically, but this is not the default. So, yes, if you drive to a job today that is 50 miles from the job you did yesterday, it will broadcast the position from 50 miles away. If you connect the LS to the Triumph2 via Base/Rover Setup one of the items you will see displayed is the 2D delta, which is the epoch by epoch autonomous position of the base compared to the programed position of the base. If this 2D delta exceeds 10 meters, the message changes to say "Too Far" and will not allow you to Start the Base. This feature should prevent the user from starting the base with a really bad base position. It does not however, prevent the user from setting up the Triumph2 and modem (which will immediately continue broadcasting as it did when shut down) and the LS receiving those corrections. The safety valve here is in the Base/Rover setup.
To work with the new Base/Rover Setup, you need to connect the LS to the Triumph2 via Bluetooth first. I have no pin assigned to my Triumph2. If you have cleared the NVRAM in yours lately, it may have defaulted to not using a pin, too, even if you had one before. Once connected, check to see if the base is currently broadcasting either by looking at the modem Tx light or by looking to see if the LS says "Stop Base" (in which case the base is running) or "Start Base" (in which case it is not running). If the base is running press "Stop Base". Now you can edit the position, HI, and communications parameters as necessary. Once these settings have been sent (each requires an individual "Send to Base" if it has been edited), then press "Start Base". Once you have pressed Start Base, the icons and messages above the communications parameters will show you the progress of the radio modem connection.