Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watserv1!watdragon!watyew!aeclark
From: aeclark@watyew.waterloo.edu (Robert Fridrich)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Need help with neato customizing
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Date: 14 Dec 89 20:36:34 GMT
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Reply-To: aeclark@watyew.waterloo.edu (Robert Fridrich)
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Hi there.  Being fairly new to electronics I figured I would run some
of my ideas though this news group before attempting this project. 
ANY input would be appreciated.  

I have just bought a protable top o'the line Sony tape/radio/cd
player, and I was thinking about attempting the following:
	-Installing rechargable batteries (permenently) into the unit
	and have them self recharge when the unit is pluged in.  And
	also install a charge meter to tell me when the batteries are
	running out.
	Problem: Is this a good idea?  Would it be better to have a
	different jack for the recharging?  When recharging how would
	I regulate the input volatge into the unit, or should I have a
	recharge mode and a play mode separate from one another.
	-I would also like to install audio jacks so that I could hook
	up my VCR to the speakers.  Is this a non-trivial thing to do?
	-A cable input would also be nice, to get those hard to hear
	radio stations.

Has anyone out there tried these, and if so any advice would be
helpful.  Also, does anyone have some ideas of their own that I could
try on my unit.

Thanks in advance.

Robert Fridrich..

	
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