Holding button in "down" state

I'm using this code from a previous thread on this site, it was extremely helpful (thanks Ned). I was able to get it to work when the buttons were placed on the timeline, but now I have a the movieclip embedded into two movieclips and can't get it to work.The buttons are holding in the down state but not resetting. I'm sure it's a path issue, but can't seem to get it to work. Any pointers? Here's the script I have on the timeline:
function resetBtns(btnNum){
    for(i=1; i<4; i++){
        if(i != btnNum){
            this["btn"+i+"Selected"] = false;
            this["btn"+i].gotoAndStop("up");
var btn1Selected = false;
var btn2Selected = false;
var btn3Selected = false;
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.onRollOver = function(){
    if(!my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1Selected) my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.gotoAndStop("over");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.onRollOut = my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.onReleaseOutside = function(){
    if(!my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1Selected) my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.gotoAndStop("up");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.onPress = function(){
    my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.gotoAndStop("down");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.onRelease = function(){
    resetBtns(1);
    my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1Selected = true;
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.onRollOver = function(){
    if(!my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2Selected) my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.gotoAndStop("over");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.onRollOut = my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.onReleaseOutside = function(){
    if(!my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2Selected) my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.gotoAndStop("up");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.onPress = function(){
    my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.gotoAndStop("down");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.onRelease = function(){
    resetBtns(2);
    my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2Selected = true;
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.onRollOver = function(){
    if(!my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3Selected) my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.gotoAndStop("over");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.onRollOut = my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.onReleaseOutside = function(){
    if(!my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3Selected) my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.gotoAndStop("up");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.onPress = function(){
    my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.gotoAndStop("down");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.onRelease = function(){
    resetBtns(3);
    my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3Selected = true;

try:
function resetBtns(btnNum){
    for(i=1; i<4; i++){
        if(i != btnNum){
          my_acc.Customer1_select["btn"+i]= false;
           my_acc.Customer1_select["btn"+i].gotoAndStop("up");
var btn1Selected = false;
var btn2Selected = false;
var btn3Selected = false;
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.onRollOver = function(){
    if(!my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1Selected) my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.gotoAndStop("over");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.onRollOut = my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.onReleaseOutside = function(){
    if(!my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1Selected) my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.gotoAndStop("up");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.onPress = function(){
    my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.gotoAndStop("down");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1.onRelease = function(){
    resetBtns(1);
    my_acc.Customer1_select.btn1Selected = true;
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.onRollOver = function(){
    if(!my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2Selected) my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.gotoAndStop("over");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.onRollOut = my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.onReleaseOutside = function(){
    if(!my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2Selected) my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.gotoAndStop("up");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.onPress = function(){
    my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.gotoAndStop("down");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2.onRelease = function(){
    resetBtns(2);
    my_acc.Customer1_select.btn2Selected = true;
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.onRollOver = function(){
    if(!my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3Selected) my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.gotoAndStop("over");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.onRollOut = my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.onReleaseOutside = function(){
    if(!my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3Selected) my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.gotoAndStop("up");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.onPress = function(){
    my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.gotoAndStop("down");
my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3.onRelease = function(){
    resetBtns(3);
    my_acc.Customer1_select.btn3Selected = true;

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