Ok disreguard...Jim is right! Ctrl f 9 to start ctrl f8 to stop and ctrl f 7to pause. Also, you can use F4 to stop/play, f5 to rewind, f 6 to fastforward, etc. Also, you might want to go in to the options properties and select recording tab and tabbing until you see recording length group of radio buttons. Up arrow until you reach the one labeled unbounded. You may reach this properties dialog by hitting f 11. HTH James