RE: 5th channel activation?
Do you know what kind of voltages the signal pin has when you turn the 5th channel knob? If it went under 2.5V and above it couldn't you use a transistor as a switch? Would hooking the signal pin to the base of a transistor then have the collector and emmiter inline with the positive pin and light work? I never checked out what was going on with the signal pin before so maybe that idea wouldn't work also. But I didn't know if lizrd56 wanted them to blink or just turn on or off.