Hello list: Well..feeling slightly stupid..but much relieved! The problem concerning my digital player and cord has nothing to do with the fact that I have the wrong cable; it's just in knowing how to hook things up..which..apparently..I didn't! But a friend got me on track (I was trying to put the drive into the player; then put the cord into the other end of that drive (duh..there is nothing at the other end; that's why it wouldn't go there!)..long story short: after what my friend told me last night, I decided to try it and..it worked! I even was lucky enough (after downloading the latest edition of "Sports Illustrated)..to transfer it to the player; imagine my joy when (after plugging the cable drive back into the machine; then I hit the "play" button..and it actually started playing..I heard "Sports Illustrated for March 29!" Oh that felt so good! Again..thanks to all who followed this thread! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org