Tascam Us 122, pro and cons, does good outweigh bad? Options

[Righteous Bullet]

on the audio/cards/interface forum i saw that many people had problems with the tascam US 122. i posted this same question on that forum too but am putting it on this one too:

the us 122 looked like a good interface to get and it was one ive been thinking about but after hearing all this i dunno if its worth getting. it seems like the issues are mainly getting it setup though, after you actually get it setup and troubleshooted does it work good for the long run or are these problems reoccuring? i would want to use it maybe with an ibook G4 and it looks like the perfect interface except all these setup issues people are tlaking about... do you still think its worth getting? are there any good alternatives in the same price range as the 122?

[haydenyates]

I'm new to midi... bought a US-122, installed the software to my computer (Mac OSX), plugged it into my keyboard, and I kind of don't know what to do from there.

I plugged headphones into the US-122 and can hear what I'm playing if I plug into the "line in" jack, but I get nothing from the midi ports. And, none of this seems to be registering to my computer. I changed my sound input settings to the Tascam, but I still get nothing. I am trying to use it with Garage Band.

I'm sorry if these are basic problems I should know how to fix, but I can't seem to figure them out and the manual is totally lacking in info.

Help?

Thanks.