thanks very much thoughthard

thats great info. I tried the configuration you provided... apparently the clock is busted.. doesn't even come on. oh well... i got shafted on this one.. guess i'll be paying a visit to ebay now.

i have a clock housing for sale i guess slightly blemished and non functional clock included. thanks again everyone.
I opened it up and apparently the lcd display had a part on it that looks to have burnt out. I cleaned some yellowish crust from the solder points of the main wires. I noticed that the main line on the board for the Blue wire seems to be burnt out also.

off to ebay