Thanks alot. I ended up realizing it had reverse polarity protection, and flipped the battery till it worked. I've been dealing with so much sloppy equipment lacking protection diodes lately that I've become paranoid.

This really is a dumb question, but I'm stuck here without a multimeter for the moment...and don't want to blow up my newly arrived RIB.

Which way does the 9V battery go into the cased Kawamall/Kawa rib? The battery cover has polarity marked, but I can't tell the proper cover orientation...so that ...

Do dos-readable codeplugs exist exists for such new firmware? I saw a few radios up on eBay with newer firmware(which is what I wanted in the first place), but was afraid I'd have to go out and buy a newer CPS. Would it be possible to say buy an astro saber with ancient firmware, backup the codeplug ...