Forcing a symbol within a symbol to play out when a button on the main timeline is clicked?

I have a buttons that play to symbols on the timeline. Once another button is clicked on the timeline the symbol will playout then start playing the next symbol. This is the code used on the onClick event on the introduction button.
var current = sym.getVariable("current");
   if (current != "") {
      sym.getSymbol(current).play("out");
      sym.getSymbol("intro").play("in");
   else {
      sym.getSymbol("intro").play("shortIn");
   sym.setVariable("current", "intro");
The problem I'm having is with the technology symbol. I have buttons within this symbol that link to other symbols. I would like these symbols to playout like the other buttons, but the content of the symbol stays on the stage and does not play out when I select a button on the Stage. Here is the code I have on the click event on the button within the symbol.
var current2 = sym.getVariable("current2");
   if (current2 != "") {
      sym.getSymbol(current2).play("out");
      sym.getSymbol("optical1").play("in");
   else {
      sym.getSymbol("optical1").play("shortIn");
   sym.setVariable("current2", "optical1");
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!

Thank you very much for responding so quickly! When I do this all of the nested timelines play from the out label on their timeline. I want the one that is currently being viewed to be the only one that plays out, not all of the symbols within the symbol. Here is the code I'm using on the buttons on the main timeline:
var current = sym.getVariable("current");
   if (current != "") {
      sym.getSymbol(current).play("out");
      sym.getSymbol("spec").play("in");
   else {
      sym.getSymbol("spec").play("shortIn");
   sym.setVariable("current", "spec");
   var techSym1 = sym.getSymbol("tech").getSymbol("techSym1")
         if (current = "techSym1") {
            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("tech").getSymbol("techSym1").play("out");
   var techSym2 = sym.getSymbol("tech").getSymbol("techSym2")
         if (current = "techSym2") {
            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("tech").getSymbol("techSym2").play("out");
   var techSym3 = sym.getSymbol("tech").getSymbol("techSym3")
         if (current = "techSym3") {
            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("tech").getSymbol("techSym3").play("out");
   var techSym4 = sym.getSymbol("tech").getSymbol("techSym4")
         if (current = "techSym4") {
            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("tech").getSymbol("techSym4").play("out");
   var techSym5 = sym.getSymbol("tech").getSymbol("techSym5")
         if (current = "techSym5") {
            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("tech").getSymbol("techSym5").play("out");
   var techSym6 = sym.getSymbol("tech").getSymbol("techSym6")
         if (current = "techSym6") {
            sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("tech").getSymbol("techSym6").play("out");
If just techSym1 is being shown on the screen I don't want techSym2 and all the others to be shown going out at all, just techSym1.
Thank you,
Kristin

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            returnObj.__y = 0;
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            break;
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            returnObj.__y = 0;
            break;
        case "ML" :
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            returnObj.__y = -(__height-__height2)/2;
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            returnObj.__y = -(__height-__height2)/2;
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        case "MR" :
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            returnObj.__y = -(__height-__height2)/2;
            break;
        case "BL" :
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            returnObj.__y = -(__height-__height2);
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        case "BC" :
            returnObj.__x = -(__width-__width2)/2;
            returnObj.__y = -(__height-__height2);
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        case "BR" :
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            returnObj.__y = -(__height-__height2);
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function switchTransition() {
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function switchVisible(obj:Object) {
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var mouse_dy:Number = _ymouse;
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        TweenLite.to(btnPlay,.5,{_alpha:100});
        TweenLite.to(btnPause,.5,{_alpha:100});
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    mouse_dy = Math.abs(mouse_dy-_ymouse);
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var this2:Object = this;
var __width:Number;
var __height:Number;
var _index:Number = 0;
var _index2:Number = -1;
var _loaded:Number = 0;
var nextT:Number;
var transT:Number;
var _slideshow:Boolean = true;
var _transition:Boolean = false;
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