Need help on as2 stuff

I am a beginner.
I made a platform game, it works just fine. I wanted to add some collectibles that will change the player’s speed, jump height etc. The problem is that if i enter the code on the player, the collectible won’t disappear or work at all, but if I entered it in the collectible, the vars wouldn’t change.
The SWF is here : http://megaswf.com/view/97e10cd3de14740abbd240ee61d
The FLA is here : http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/153182/PlatformGame-fla.html

AS2? fla? That’s some pretty redundent technology your working with there, I’m not sure you’ll much help. From what you’ve told me it sounds like a scope issue, as in you can’t access the collectible from the player and vice versa. Try throwing some _root s in there.