Odd... I swear I saw this question asked recently, but perhaps it was on=20
another list.   ??

Either way, if you have one of those CD-ROM drives with the play/stop/etc=
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buttons on the front, then just hook up power to it (AT or ATX type), and=
 the=20
send audio outputs to a set of amplified speakers or similar.You will not=
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need to interface with the IDE bus ... at least this works with any I've=20
seen/tried in the past.  A remote control *should* function the same.

Cheers,
-Neil.



On Thursday 28 August 2003 15:03, Martin Farrell scribbled:
> Hello,
>
> Can anyone give me a few clues to driving a CD ROM player for use as a
> standalone audio CD player?
>
> I'm sure I can drive the bus easily enough with a PIC or similar but I
> can't find details of the control codes to select tracks, play, pause
> etc. I don't want the data - just the audio from the onboard DAC.
>
> Any other suggestions for a front loading audio CD player with remote
> control would be most welcome.
>
> Thank you.

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