(URGENT) Help making LM386 first project.

1) The capacitors with a + sign near them on the board, or a round and a square pad, or a polarity indication on the actual capacitor ARE polarised. C1, C3, and C4 match this pattern.

2) 220n means 220nF, or 0.22uF, or 220,000pF, or 0.000022F. It is a measure of the capacitance. In this case 220 x 10^-9 Farads (n == 10^-9)

3) Ceramic capacitors are often flat discs. C2 and C5 *might* be ceramic. The other capacitors will not be ceramic.

4) 1M5 means 1.5M which means 1,500,000 ohms. The M is used in place of the decimal point because it's harder to lose an M than a . (out of 1.5M and 1M5, only one can be confused with 15M)

5) The connections to the potentiometers are not shown. Point us to a circuit diagram and we can try to figure it out.

6) If you can't find an MPF102, look for another small signal N channel JFET. I'd have to see a circuit diagram, but since this is designed to generate distortion I can't imagine it matters a great deal what you use. In the worst case you might have to change the biasing a little.

Show your list to whoever you're buying the stuff from (assuming it's in person) and they should be able to make sure you get the right stuff.