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In article <8255@boulder.Colorado.EDU> colonbon@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Glenn T. Colon-Bonet) writes:
>Howdy,
>    I recently purchased a VCR and I would like to be able to use the
>'power' button on the remote to turn on the TV as well as the VCR.
>Unfortunately, the VCR doesn't have a switched AC outlet, as I would
>have liked.  I would like to build a circuit to do this, but I'm not
>sure which approach to use.  I'm considering:
>  1. open up the VCR and find a switched output which could be used to
>     drive a relay for the switched AC circuit
>  2. build an external infrared detector which will recognize the 'power'
>     button sequence and switch the AC output on/off.

Consider the following:
   3. buy (or build) a circuit which senses the primary current flow to
the VCR.  This can then operate a relay to switch one or more auxiliary
outlets.  You should be able to get such a thing at your nearby friendly
Radio Shack or Heathkit store.

Common applications for these devices are turning on your computer's
peripherals when you turn on the CPU, turning on the rest of your
stereo system when you turn on the tuner, etc. etc.  In the olden days
they were used to turn off your stereo (hi-fi if really olden) when the
last record played on the automatic turntable. (record player if really
olden).

The paragraph above full of trivia was added to satisfy 'rn'.  Bah!!

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