Newbie STILL can´t ungroup tracks

[Gringo Viejo]

Thanks to JMS40, macrOw, wolfskin, justme and bossa for offering help.
However, I still can´t ungroup 4 tracks. Maybe that´s because you all have oo1 or 002 and I have MBox +LE? I don´t know. In the edit groups window I had only one group "-all-" but whether I highlight it or not all my four tracks are still linked. So I created a new group of just 2 tracks. I highlight only it and still all four tracks are linked for volume, mute and solo. I think that the enable button may be the problem. What I see on my screen is not exactly what the Dummies book shows, but I have a button that says "a-z." When I turn on my computer, this button is not highlighted and I have the problem described above. I click to highlight it, and I still have the same problem and in addition I cannot un-highlight the a-z button.
If I switch to track view I see a channel strip which has a button marked with "!". If I put the cursor on it, displayed to the right are my two groups, all and "a". If I move the cursor to either group, my total of five tracks is displayed to the right. What is the purpose of this feature?
Also, in spite of statements to the contrary by some of the above, when I record a track in mono there is no pan slider, or pan knob visible on the channel strip in either edit or mix windows. The pan slider only appears when you record the track in stereo or change the output to stereo after you record it.
I´m about to throw the MBox into the trash. I have wasted hours trying to figure this out, and there are a thousand more features, which I´m assuming will be just as confusing. Besides "ProTools for Dummies" I have "Producing in the Home Studio with PT" by Franz and "PT 5.1 for Music Production..." by Mike Collins. Neither one is very helpful for this newbie.

[Keith Owens]

PT Reference Guide

Send me your email address and I will send you a picture of what to do...

[lemix]

Gringo Viejo ,
Dude, take a deep breath and hold on with tossing in the trash idea...
OK, for the group disable just click on the group's name ( probably "all" )in the bottom left corner. When it turns white/grey the grouping function is off. When it's blue, the members of the group are linked.
The "a-z" thing is the command focus mode on/off toggle. That will help you to enter keyboard commands without holding the modifier keys.
Panning is only possible if the main outs are 1 and 2 as in Left & Right.

good luck,

[Keith Owens]

OK, for the group disable just click on the group's name ( probably "all" )in the bottom left corner. When it turns white/grey the grouping function is off. When it's blue, the members of the group are linked.

this is what my pic is on

[lemix]

Nice pix Keith..could we see it ?