jQuery Grid Plugin - jqGrid

I'm sure I'm not using quite the terminology but I'll try to explain.

I'm using this JSON class for ASP classic.

http://www.webdevbros.net/2007.....038;hellip;..datatypes/

I can not get it to return my JSON without an initial label.

It returns

{"mandatorylabel": {"page": 1,"total": 1,"records": 6,"rows": [{"firstname": "Chris"},{"firstname": "Dave"}]}}

But I cannot find any settings to get jqGrid to understand it. It does work with this though.

{"page": 1,"total": 1,"records": 6,"rows": [{"firstname": "Chris"},{"firstname": "Dave"}]}

I can provide an empty string and indicate it's already enclosed to my ASP class giving me this

"": {"page": 1,"total": 1,"records": 6,"rows": [{"firstname": "Chris"},{"firstname": "Dave"}]}

But still no go with jqGrid.

Is there a jsonReader option I'm missing or should I be looking at issues with the ASP class?

Both results seem to be perfectly valid JSON responses.

Any help is greatly appreciated