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hi marty,
I used to use the TSOAG9 and with the MPCC, yes I probably went through the exactly same steps as you! but it did get it working well in the end. as for the image quality of the stars, don't worry if they aren't perfect its not that important. I've guided on some dim shapes that hardly look stellar at all.
The main thing to do is to concentrate on getting the focal position as close as possible as that may be your problem as that camera is really sensitive you should be able to get a guide star all the time. also consider extending the exposure above a second or taking darks. I use a lodestar which I believe is similar in sensitivity and can pretty much leave it on 1 second exposure and not worry about darks (although I don't recall what your scope is, mine is f4).
Hope that helps.
Russ
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