> I'm looking to put together a project to provide a timer for my hifi
(so
> my minidisc player will record radio programmes in a timed
> manner. I haven't been able to find a readily built module for this
> cheaply (wall timers would work but I want something that is boxed
> neatly with my hifi and has better user interface) so thought this is
> an ideal project for PIC.

Let me guess, you're British and a BBC Radio 3 or 4 listener?

I only ask because in all my travels I've never met anyone else that had
a great desire to record radio programmes. Three cheers for public
service broadcasting!

Anyway this isn't the solution you're looking for - but for anyone else
that is interested, by far the easiest (and best quality) way to record
from
the radio is on your video recorder.

A video recorder with "hi-fi" tracks will give better sound quality than
any cassette (not difficult admittedly) or Mini-Disc. In fact when I did
some tests a few years back some Panasonic video recorders measured
significantly better than correctly aligned Revox 1/4inch tape machines
running at 15 i.p.s.!

Also, you get up to 8 hours recording time and you don't need an
external timer.

At home I don't have a TV, but my hi-fi stack sports a video recorder.

This seems to puzzle some visitors.




















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