Why not just unplug it?

I think you may be confusing the display with the digital clock (?). A digital device won't run without a clock. Did you have another clock in there, or did you just unplug your display?

I pulled the wire that lights the LCD. I also have to assume that there is a memory cuircuit or chip that has been disabled because the repeat button doesn't work or pause. But the door opens and closes and the machine plays when Play is pushed and Stops when stop is pushed. I have to agree with you not to plug the connection back in when you are listening to music too because when I did this the music stopped and the cd disc started spinning like a ninja death star,real fast. I pushed the power button and waited a minute and then pushed play and the music came on. I then unpluged the wire again and it hasn't and it will not be put back in because of the resulting benefits. Also I have been told by a certain person that does mods that if you don't use the headphone option on your player pull the wiriing,its one less set of paths the music has to travel taking it away from the music chain.

Or maybe it was just the acid you dropped before listening!?!

Maybe you need to adjust the clock to Eastern Daylight Time instead of Daylight Savings Time. Seriously though it appears you have no idea wbat you're doing and/or what you hear. Maybe it's time to downgrade and save some money. Good luck and good listening.

The headphone circuit in my modified Sony XA777ES was disabled by Ric Schultz (EVS). I never heard it when enabled, so cannot tell you if this makes a difference.

Regards,