Brad, a Distributor 1 will give you all the connections you need in a nice, neat box that will work without fiddling with handmade cables. My concern is what is the exact command string coming from Virtual MSR for selecting DVD as a source for instance? The reason I ask is that standard Meridian serial commands for selecting DVD as a source "DV\x0A" DO NOT power on a XE speaker from standby. The reply from the speaker in "unknown command". Adding the MSR key emulator command string for selecting DVD as a source "MSR DV \x0A" does turn the speaker on. I so far have not found the actual strings for Virtual MSR but will continue looking.

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