Wow, a lot to digest! Thanks for all the pointers. I think the first thing I should resolve is no alarm sound. Everything works as you describe (thanks for the clarification on how the daily alarm boxes work) but I have no sound. I spent about 30 minutes trying various ways without sucess. I did discover that the standard clock app alarm will sound even with flipclock running so that's what I did last night. Any pointers on what I need to do to get the alarm to actually sound? Don't overlook the obvious because I might be. Yes the volume was up - anything elese?

Thanks again for all the input and work on this project.
Cheers

Derek