Have you swapped your player into someone else's install and theirs in yours? It would prove or disprove the software configuration and the players at one shot. You are in NJ, and your "occupation" listing on the BBS means that you are in one of the telecom spinoffs... Where are you located? There are a few people from NJ on the board, and there might be someone reasonably close.
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Paul Grzelak
200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs