I'm from the US - and you're right, when I download Connect, I also get the latest version of SS to go along with it. In fact, when I click on the CONNECT store icon, SonicStage 3.4 opens up (so they are one in the same). CONNECT now lets you register with up to 5 different computers - so this is how I was able to test it. In short, I just want to download a few albums from CONNECT so that I can then transfer them to my Hi-MD Player (nh900) - but the downloads are always unsuccesful. I just got another email from CONNECT support telling me that the problem might be with the artist...dare I purchase ANOTHER album from a different artist to see if it works?. Thanks guys, will let you know what happens