unfortunately im a newbie and have no clue ;( 1st time ive ever owned a arduino ;(
I figured it would be straightforward install arduino s/w
load code program arduino and bootup and wire up hardware 
(lol)
Ive flashed stuff before, programmed microcontrollers/eproms etc
but have no idea why this isnt more straightforward ;(
Watched the youtube video of this project, got the code did the wiring of the circuit etc... but have failed on getting code into arduino ;(