Glad to hear it's coming together - though I have no recollection at all what the issue was :-)

Remotes controlling it or the other way around - a matter of perspective I guess, and exactly how you use/wire the switch. I see what you mean though.

But I'm a little surprised that you seem to get a remote out signal even if no remote in is active (I thought the switch effectively OR'ed the remotes from the 2 units together. IE active only if one or both inputs were active...) Or is the non-empeg remote input somehow wired to the iPod or to some other source for 12V? Or is the amp controlled totally independently?