Replying to myself again.. I could go blind..
Anyways, figuring out that if I hold the knob down right after I turn on the player, I CAN access the Hijack menu.. Going into 'Vital Signs', I see:
LoadAvg:8.99 8.43 5.33
with the values slowly increasing.. Pretty scary for somethin' that's not doing anything.

In either case, apologies to all for wasting space, since this is something that must be known and not an issue.