Thanks -

I am guessing whatever I used would essentially decode the commands from the CD player and then configure them to go intothe serial port of the Empeg itself. Sounds simple, right? I'm an electronics guy compared to most people, but this is over my head (for the moment - hehe).

My particular CD deck has normal aux inputs, I don't need anything funky to connect other devices into them, so that's a relief. The Empeg should be plug and play, anything else with RCA jacks has been.

But the control part - the details of what gets decoded and / or converted is my confusion right now. Like I said, I don't even know where to begin.