OK, I just realized that when I plug in my speakers, I hear a pop noise over them. Sooo this tells me that there is power to the speakers?

I found the remote and I pushed "hush" I assume that is mute. It went on and off as expected.
I went into configure player and clicked on the mute tab. My choices were never (which was on) and +12v and 0v. I tried +12v and still no sound. I will try 0v next