Hi Walt and list: I don't mind needing to reset the time when it is necessary. Like you, I wear a watch, unless I forget to put it on. If I do forget that, there's always time on the PC. But all this talk of time doesn't mean that I'm not concerned about maintaining settings on the BP. Sometimes, the D+E+F command works. Sometimes it doesn't. So sometimes, the settings are maintained, and sometimes they aren't. Maintaining settings such as volume and voice settings are of greater importance to me. Cheers, Dave