ok so i made some progress i now have the sketch loading to my uno just fine.
I am using a SD shield from seeed studio. I am almost 100% sure this is working properly, I ran SD example cardinfo: wiring is correct & card is present, and then it goes on show midi files on the card in the serial monitor.
I am using a 2x16 LCD i followed this correction and seemed to get it displaying characters but dosnt, seem to give a menu
// LCD pin definitions ---------
// These need to be modified for the LCD hardware setup
#define LCD_RS 8
#define LCD_ENA 9
#define LCD_D4 4
#define LCD_D5 (LCD_D4+1)
#define LCD_D6 (LCD_D4+2)
#define LCD_D7 (LCD_D4+3)
D5-1
D6-2
D7-3
LCD reads like this, i dont think this is the menu readout???
