Thanks for the impute Steven, all your thoughts have been checked. It's really weird, I believe something else internally is the issue. I should of mentioned that I have brought my unit home and since have removed the top. I looked for cracked or bad solder joints and haven't found any yet. I try gentle tapping and moving to see if anything trips the unit into playing and it hasen't so far. I do believe I have an internal issue. Something either heated up or is blown. I can tell you, in the past when you turn the unit on, there used to be a delay and a click and the unit would play, now I don't hear the click and the unit simply doesn't play. On the dial, it's all lit up, the stereo light is on, I understand the FM mute and the antenna is ok. So, I'm searching!!!! My just have to take the unit in somewhere local, but not until I can at least have a go at it first. Thanks a lot and any further thoughts certainly are appreciated. Zipper.