Thanks Brazzy, I actually did open it (four screws on the bottom), pulled the board and spray cleaned the only contact pin socket. No difference. Usually a few ins and outs will clean the 1/4" contacts enough to get a signal. Did it all.
I noticed there is a pattern to the LED blinking. It blinks four times then is off for the same amount of time. Like: blink,blink,blink,blink, off,off,off,off and so on. Maybe that's a distress signal. Anyway it's always red. Hopefully, Someone else can chime in here, but thanks for your thoughts.