I guess if I get a unit modded I can at the same time have the unhappy unit which may have a badly soldered pin on the IDE header and whose display is out despite no obvious nipple damage repaired at the same time.

Trying to use an empeg with a dead remote battery and no display is hard. Using the radio is harder. When "Radio Disney" came on, well, I knew I was at the low end of the AM dial, but I never did manage to switch to FM and tune.