Question for Russ,

What can you tell me about the I2C interface on the B-2? I recently posted a sort of question http://www.twistedpearau....aspx?g=posts&t=1208
but I have realized the digital tap points from the players on that website give an SPI control output and the B-2 uses I2C. SPI is faster than I2C and to me, having never worked with either, looks a hard challenge to make interoperable.

First off, I cannot tell if the SPI signals from the modded-DVD players are master signals and not slave. I am assuming master. I don't know if the I2C of the Buffalo is 'slave' as I know nothing about I2C. I know there are some pricey products that can interface the two but are quite complex and may need a lot of additional hardware.

Do you have any advice on going about making the digital feeds from such a mod (similar I guess to Denon 1920 mode seen on this forum) work with B-2? What would I need to do?

I understand you said you did something similar to the Denon 1920 mod for your own personal use, so I am hoping there is a relatively simple solution.

Thanks Russ, I don't mean to make your head hurt ;)

I will research Otto. I note the forum search for "Otto" returns posts where people used words like "bottom", so pulls back lots of superfuous info. Now my head hurts ;)