a) Yes, i do get sound out of the player. But it takes a minute or two for the player to start playing
b) Yes, The led pulses normally.
c) The 4 buttons on the front of the empeg doesn't seem to be responding. But the volume did work, but was very slow.
d) I'm running xp with beta 11 and my usb didn't work. Serial did work with hyperterm. didn't check ethernet.

Thanks for the reply. I hope this helped a bit more.