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From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Specs on "remote" connector of Sony Diskman???
Message-ID: <1991Jun24.220601.15880@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 24 Jun 91 22:06:01 GMT
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In article <1991Jun20.161548.17532@cec1.wustl.edu> anbo@wuee1.wustl.edu (Albrecht Jander) writes:
>Does anyone know the funcition/pinouts of the "REMOTE" connector on
>a Sony Diskman (looks exactly like the headphone jack, but is on the
>left side of the unit)?

I don't know for sure, but that's probably a ^S port. Lots of Sony stuff
has a mini jack for a wired version of the singals which are sent by
Sony IR remote commanders.

>Can I use my computer to select tracks on the CD?

If it's a ^S port, you most certainly can. For more info on the ^S port,
anonymous ftp to mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu in the /video directory. There is
a description of the ^S protocol as well as some control software (I
think...) At any rate, the software should be pretty straightforward,
once you have the specs.