@will nahh thats the monther in law watching youtube i diconnected the rx pin as like i said if it's interrupted the mpplayer will start to play i'll ...

@will no matter what i do what i change doesn't seem to have any impact

@will the lights come on but still don't turn off lol yes i did do the comment out while true but still no benefit i'll take a vid on the next attempt...

@will no the dfplayer doesn't play it just flashes but no sound but if i go to reprogram the arduino it starts playing lol or if i hit the reset on th...

@will have tested your ino but problem it doesn't turn on the mp3 it just keeps flashing and when I reset on the nano it starts playing but since no p...

@will sorry it's taking long to reply i will try you ino trhe reason is the mp3 is about 3 to 4 mins long then i have to wait till it finishes to see ...

@will made the changes it's funny how you can go text blind but still no joy lights are still staying on after making those changes to the pri &&a...

@will ermmm to be honest no i didn't i only saw the pixels clear and didn't do the others will try your other suggestions after my eyes stop bleeding ...

@will no joy no matter what i did including pixels.clear didn't work 😒

@will ahhh i will give that a try as i always thought the clear pixels was to be included in the main loop but having seen so many sketches i had forg...

@zander nahh it still doesn't work with it being included thats why i commented it out in both cases

@hilldweller cool thanx for the info but trust concentrating on one device first lol I'm sure in the future projects that i'll have a gander at the pi...

@ronbentley1 thanx you are right there are no dumb questions however there is being dumb for not asking

@robotbuilder trust me when I say I have seen a lot of vids but some just don't cover what I want to do well more specifically the sketch I'm working ...