Brian: I don't know what is going on here, but its safe to assume its not a difference in beta versus release code. I have heard of this before. We will look into it. Rob Meredith >>> buhrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/18/06 02:36PM >>> OK, I have to ask, because this issue seems to be related, and because I cannot seem to get a definitive answer from folks about the behavior of Bookport when batteries are changed. When I change the batteries, regardless of whether I use the D E F command to save the settings, the clock reverts to May 2005, at 12:35 in the afternoon. Others say that the clock is preserved across battery changes. It strikes me that this should be controlled by the firmware. I'm running firmware 2.1, the production version. Did this behavior change with the advent of the beta code after 2.1? Or, is it something controlled by the revision of bookport hardware? My bookport was sold in July 2004. -thanks -Brian