Scott,
Speaking for myself, I use the USB connection very sparsely and I only try it when I have a certain number of operations to complete. As I already had reported, I also realized that the connection isn't 100% reliable. However, with patience I get my USB operations done using both operation modes. It doesn't "pay" (for me) all the hassle trying to get the connection fixed. I'm far away for a Yamaha repair center (the rep is a spanish company.. ) and I tend not to trust repair centers unless I know very well their reputation. Unlike Yamaha, Roland has a very good support in Portugal in case something goes wrong. I undertand how fragile is our position, as costumers...

OT observation: this topic was "dead" for a while, as Scott brought us his good news. But as soon as the bad news came... Is this a good lesson about the "human nature"?...

-- José.

[This message has been edited by Route 66 (edited 09-17-2004).]