Well I am happy. The bookport came back today. Of course, since it got sent out I have had a hard disk crash and because it was so long the buttons to do things are different. Anyway, they did update it while it was back there as well as putting some files on there that do not play. Anyway, it is back in my hands, so I have just put my first set of alkaline batteries in. I just wanted to let everybody know, and about 15 days early too. I hopefully will now have a merry Christmas. Kurt