Hi Roger,

I get the same readings, except that for seek down I get 0x5f instead of 0x5e. My Mode button works fine. I get a value of 0x85 for it.

As far as connecting the cable to the 17 pin connector goes, I found a header that fitted not too bad and soldered the cable to that. Mind you it wasn't a perfect fit - there is still a bit of tape in there somewhere :-)
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