There shouldn't be anything fancy in getting the speaker running, it should just work. Have you tried selecting a game and seeing if it has sound? If not, you could have the demo music turned off in the menu (which I recommend, it's rather annoying) Do you know for a fact that the speaker you are using is good? I suppose its possible the on board amp is bad, but you still have the audio out jack you could use... which brings ya back full circle here doesn't it?! ;)I'm glad you got the free play issue sorted, like I said those menus and configurations are somewhat confusing at first.