yeah, I know it's not going to be easy - short of going and buying a Denon AVR 3803 or Yamaha RX-V3800... for a little less $$$ than one of those AVRs, one could buy a Cambridge 640H music server...

I have another option - that is, I have the Phatnoise Home Player in my rig right now, but all I have is the 10GB cartridge that came with my Kenwood Music Keg car-audio system. I could buy a larger cartridge and call it a day!

Ah well... I posted a request to the Outlaws in the Future Models section of the forum for USB inputs and a way to play files on an external hard drive or flash drive... maybe they can implement it in the next-gen of the 990???