Hello from Seattle, WA

[TheOldPresbyope]

Follow the Setup Guide. There's a link on the Support page at moodeaudio.org

Thanks Tim, it seems I use to have no problems installing this with your guide.  Some how it's not working this time around....maybe old age is setting in.

Actually, the link to the Setup Guide is under the Download moOde heading, but still did you really follow it? The procedure has changed because of changes by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

In particular, did you follow these initial steps? (Possibly you did but you didn't say so explicitly)

SECURITY AND OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) IMAGE

For improved security the OS image does not contain the userid pi, SSH service,
WiFi SSID or Access Point password.

- Use the official Raspberry Pi Imager to choose a moOde OS image, enable SSH,
  create a userid and password and optionally a WiFi SSID and password.

  *** READ THIS ***
  1. SSH and userid/password are REQUIRED for correct operation of moOde.
  2. Do not set the host name using the Imager. Refer to CUSTOM CONFIGURATIONS
     in this guide for information on changing the host name.

Weird things happen if this isn't done, for example, if one just flashes the downloaded image using Etcher or some other tool like it.

Regards,
Kent