Thanks for your post gigi. My setup is fresh, ie: nothing additional installed. I am a little hampered at the moment by the fact that the guy i bought it off omitted to include the power cable for the cradle so I am not setup for hotsynch or installing new programs. I have a feeling that this post
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=90791 relating to the device constantly scanning may be worth a try. but i need to install a reg editor first which I will do as soon as I get a synch cable. I have tried full power etc. I will let the forum know how it goes. cheers, jonathon.