Bagpuss The Gnome:
Welcome to the DhO Jake
It's worth mentioning that quite a few people (myself included) seem to hit the A&P and not realise it, even with all the info in MCTB. Don't dismiss what you experience just because it doesn't match up perfectly with the descriptions you've read about. If you're unsure about stuff post it here.
I second this. It took me just about half an hour of noting, but that was after about 3 months of focusing on the breath, using notes only occasionally, to separate "myself" from distractions and to intensify focus on the breath. Then, once I opened up my awareness to anything, A&P happened in that very session, but the fact that I didn't recognize it as A&P was pretty much the main cause of suffering throughout my DN. I kept waiting, looking, wishing for A&P. I was well into Disgust when my friend finally took an afternoon and proved to me where I was on the map. It still didn't "automatically" catapult me into Equanimity, but it helped me stick with regular practice and even increase the time per day that I sat formally, and within a few weeks, Equanimity started setting in.