Hi James,
Thanks for replying.
From 1.86, I've seen no differences at all. The thing's working (for the moment!) but I imagine it would have done so with 1.71 as well. I had to install something, so I figured nothing ventured etc ...
It's certainly quicker in response than it has been for the last few months, but I suspect that's more because it's had a clean re-install than the actual version of the firmware.
I'm wondering if the OS is like early versions of Windows - Windows 3.1 or thereabouts - that it gets bogged down over time and benefits from a clean out and reinstall. A few months back my Story locked up - only time it's happened, so I think I've been lucky - and had to be sent off to the distributor to be sorted out. That's what they did too: cleaned my files off, and re-installed the firmware.
Anyway. Version 1.86? It works OK, but I can't see any differences in functions or options.