Thanks for following up with me! No, I am still trying to figure out why I can't just plug it in and have it work now. It seems like everything is in order and operational, so it's driving me nuts!! As for the moose milk, that is generous of you and I can give you my address if you want to send some, but it might not be worth the trouble considering it is liquid and the post office gets paranoid... Plus it will do you more good than me, since this is the only phone-related project with moving parts I have (at least for now!). What else could I find locally that I could use to clean the surface of the recording drums? I might just end up doing that, and then shelving it as a non-working unit with an attitude problem. :bang: