> > How do these work?
>
> The principle is usually a contact closure in the console
> switch, which activates a logic circuit in the CD player,
> which applies power to the drive motor and turns the
> electronics on.
>
> > Does the CD Player, or console have to have something
> special.
>
> It depends. A commercial CD player usually has the remote
> contacts run to a pin plug on the unit, usually with
> controls for all of the other machine functions.
>
> A consumer CD player usually has to have the button contacts
> paralleled to the remote start switch before it will work.
> Doing this is definitely not for amateurs. I have seen CD
> players ruined beyond use from someone doing this
> incorrectly.
>
> > And what kind of wires hook up a > remote start?
>
> Shielded cable pairs are best, especially in a high-RF
> environment.
>
> Hope that helps...
> Matt Smith, Station Manager
> WGSR-TV "Star-39"
> Reidsville, NC
>
> >
>
So in other words, it would be dumb for me to even try this. Since I am not an engineer. DARN!!!!