Thanks! Very helpful! Now, once I exhaust all of my limited abilities in the matter, if anyone has any recommendations for good, reliable repair people, please pm (or email) me with details?
I'm still open to try and/or look at other suggestions, if within my limited scope! As I mentioned before, I got this unit knowing it was a non working unit. For the price (almost free) I figured I couldn't go wrong, even if I just used some of the parts! (Plus it came with the remote!)