No Such Luck. What I thought was a miswiring turned out to be correct. But I did remove some (as of yet) unneeded wires for the buttons, until I get the rest of this moving along. It doesnt work any better, but it is easier to see.

Here is the latest rendition of code:

Code:
REM LCD PIN Assignments above...

NS_DA VAR PORTB.1
NS_CK VAR PORTB.2
MYCON VAR BYTE 'REM Control Value for NS73M

START:
'REM The Theory is that we setup all parameters, then turn it on.
MYCON = $CC 'REM Setup Control Address for NS73M
PAUSE 100 'REM Breathe a moment; let the chip get settled...

REM I2CWRITE DATAPIN,CLOCKPIN,CONTROLADDRESS,PORTADDRESS,[DATAINBRACKETS]{, OPTIONALJUMPTOLABEL}

I2CWRITE NS_DA,NS_CK,MYCON,$0E,[$05], BOOHA 'REM SOFTWARE RESET NS73M Chip
PAUSE 10
I2CWRITE NS_DA,NS_CK,MYCON,$00,[$A0] 'REM Set it up, dont turn it on yet...
PAUSE 10
I2CWRITE NS_DA,NS_CK,MYCON,$01,[$B4] 'REM Pilot On, Subcarrier On
PAUSE 10
I2CWRITE NS_DA,NS_CK,MYCON,$02,[$07] 'REM 2mw Power, Unlock Detect ON
PAUSE 10
I2CWRITE NS_DA,NS_CK,MYCON,$03,[$58] 'REM Frequency; Lower Byte
PAUSE 10
I2CWRITE NS_DA,NS_CK,MYCON,$04,[$2A] 'REM Frequency; Upper Byte
PAUSE 10
I2CWRITE NS_DA,NS_CK,MYCON,$08,[$1A] 'REM CEX Band 2
PAUSE 10
I2CWRITE NS_DA,NS_CK,MYCON,$00,[$A1] 'REM Ok, Turn it on...
PAUSE 10
I2CWRITE NS_DA,NS_CK,MYCON,$0E,[$05] 'REM SOFTWARE RESET NS73M Chip
PAUSE 100
I2CWRITE NS_DA,NS_CK,MYCON,$06,[$1E] 'REM Charge Pump
PAUSE 10
LCDOUT $FE, 1
LCDOUT $FE, 2
PAUSE 500
LCDOUT $FE, $80
LCDOUT "Transmitting?" 
LCDOUT $FE, $C0
LCDOUT "  supposedly..."
PAUSE 1000
GOTO THEEND

BOOHA:
	LCDOUT $FE, 1
	LCDOUT $FE, 2
	PAUSE 500
	LCDOUT $FE, $80
	LCDOUT "No ACK" 
	LCDOUT $FE, $C0
	LCDOUT ":("
	PAUSE 1000
	GOTO THEEND

THEEND:
END
Interestingly enough, One of the reasons I thought it was a hardware failure, was I could remove one, or both of the I2C lines and still not get an error (evidenced by the optional jump label on the first I2CWRITE command, to reset the NS73M). However, if I "swapped" the lines, then I DID get a "No ACK" error. Weird. I still dont understand that. But it is wired correctly.

I moved back to a 16F84A because it wasnt the problem and I have a bunch that I want to use.

On the 16F84A, Pins A0-4 are used for data and RS for the LCD. Pin B0 is the E pin for the LCD, B1 is the I2C Data line, and B2 is the I2C Clock.

On the SparkFun board, Line In is attached to my Ipod, IIC is attached to +3.3v, LA is attached to Ground, Data to B1, Clock to B2, TEB not connected, VCC to +3.3v and Ground to Ground.

Again, It seems like it "should" work, but alas it does not. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers!

SmugWimp