Remote tuner control system

A remote tuner control system for retransmission of broadcast radio audio material over a telephone line comprising:

• isolation means adapted to isolate said system from said telephone line;
• connection means adapted to selectively connect said telephone line to said isolation means;
• tone decoder means connected to said isolation means and adapted to decode standard telephone pushbutton signals;
• tuner means connected to said isolation means and adapted to retransmit broadcast radio audio signals;
• input/output interface means adapted to control said connection means and the reception frequency of said tuner means;
• and processor means connected to said input/output interface means and to said tone decoder means, said processor means being adapted to control said input/output interface means in response to data decoded by said tone decoder means.

A remote tuner control system for retransmission of broadcast radio audio material over a full-duplex communication channel comprising:

• tone decoder means connected to said channel and adapted to decode standard telephone pushbutton signals;
• speech generator means connected to said communication channel and adapted to transmit lingual audio material through said communication channel;
• tuner means connected to said channel and adapted to retransmit broadcast radio audio signals through said channel;
• and processor means connected to said tone decoder means, said tuner means and said speech generator means, said processor means being adapted to control said speech generator means and said tuner means in response to signals decoded by said tone decoder means.