Button inside a movie clip

Ok, i'm new at action script so i have a problem
I have a sound inside a movie clip (sound_MC) in the main
timeline, and i have another movie clip with a button inside, and I
need that button to control that sound movie clip
on (release) {
gotoAndStop("off_radio"); // this goes to another frame in
the movieclip with the button (works fine)
on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("stop_loop"); // this goes to another
frame of the sound MC (doesn't work)
// i have this in the stop button
on (release) {
gotoAndStop("on_radio");
on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("start_loop");
// and this for the play button
whats the code for that ?
what should i do?

i solve the problem !! :-D
but now i hold like to now how i make a fade out sound
command when i enter a frame and a fade in when i enter in another
frame
here are the examples:
http://tubo_centeno.web.simplesnet.pt/problem/problem.html
http://tubo_centeno.web.simplesnet.pt/problem/problem.fla
can anyone help me?

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> hi
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US Map Project . Under
> which when i mouse over on a particular US-state it's
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> it by using a movie clip. I made such moive clip's for
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> clicks a small panel with some information about that
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>
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>
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>
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