I just got off the phone with Steve.

At this point, he's still looking into it, but the initial thoughts are that he recalls the 990 having a 3 pin (stereo) minijack socket for the IR OUTPUT. I would tend to think the 970 is built the same way.

In this case, it would most likely be IMPOSSIBLE for the IR OUTPUT to put a passive signal out that a peripheral device would be able to use on it's own IR INPUT port. (given the misaligned stereo/mono connectors/ports and all)

Steve is going to call me back with more info after he finishes checking into what port is specifically on the 970 circuit board, and how it directly interfaces with the Xantech connecting block.

From what I can tell, he understands my goal (using the 970, it's IR output port and some kind of connection cable in place of a dedicated $45 Xantech IR Receiver) and my safety concerns (the 12V+ that the Xantech applies to it's Receiver IN port that might go up the line, into the 970's IR OUTPUT port and circuit board, thus letting the magic smoke out of the Pre/pro.



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