Just had a thought. I use the SD card as one of the many backups of me book. I wonder if the OS is objecting to the way its formatted or intruded upon. Pity if it is, quite a handy and very fast remote USB drive.

Tee-hee! This has developed into a saga...

I guess there's no point in trying further until your youngest grandchild has got the phone working.

Ah'm gawn!

Oh, Mike, problem solved, I was trying to do it on the TV remote!:p