Blurred slideshow...again

hi everyone
i had a slideshow on my site using the 'set text of layer
behaviour' in dreamweaver, but decided to replace it woth a flash
slideshow, using thumbnail buttons to load the graphic...trouble
is, whatever i do, it seems to be really blurry...
here
it's driving me mad...i don't want to go back to layers, as
they were taking ages to load...help!!
if anyone can point me to a tutorial or can help i'd be
EXTREMELY grateful!
thanks in advance
sj

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