Right then,

My thoughts on the Tuner kit.

The first thing I have to say is, this is the best kit I have ever seen! I've built countless things in the past and nothing has even come close.

• The documentation is clear and precise
• Every frickin' component has a little label on it
• The board is nicely laid out, no chance of bridging pads
• The box is a nice snug fit, no chance of stuff coming loose in there
  

If you're adept at soldering I'd say you could probably get down to about 2 hours. I think if I built another one it'd be a lot quicker now.

My only problem is the coax, I'll probably replace that with something a little more flexable that doesn't put so much strain on the RF pcb.

EDIT: I forgot, the docking connector for the loom was mildly annoying, I think I went temporarily colour-blind and got two the wrong way round, which was the undoing in the other thread. I also found it was impossible to take the pins out once I'd put them in. So that's my one thing to say,

Be very carefull with that connector, one wrong move and you're screwed.....

Anyway, I realised what happened. The data line from the empeg to the tuner was there, I'm assuming that's why the tuner lit up when the empeg looked for it, problem was the rx line was wrong, so when the tuner replied, the empeg didn't hear it. Once the rx line was reinstated everything sprang into life.

Congratulations to pca, an absolutely blinding job! 10/10