Method and apparatus for automatic control of electronic equipment

Apparatus for controlling a receiver and recorder in combination, the receiver receiving broadcasts of high-fidelity music programs, said recorder being selectably settable into tape bias conditions corresponding to respective types of magnetic recording tape, the receiver and recorder in combination having a plurality of modes including a mode for automatically recording a received broadcast music program;

• comprising:
• a mode selection card bearing function code groups corresponding respectively to said modes;
• a channel selection card bearing channel code groups corresponding respectively to the broadcast music programs;
• a start-time select card bearing code groups corresponding to respective times of the day at which a program is to begin;
• an end-time select card bearing code groups corresponding respective times of the day at which a program is to end;
• a tape-select card bearing code groups corresponding to the respective tape bias conditions;
• a scanning instrument for manually scanning the code groups of the mode selection card, the channel selection card, the tape-select card, the start-time select card, and the end-time select card and producing electrical representations of the scanned code groups;
• and
• automatic code processing means for receiving said electrical representations and providing selecting signals in response thereto to said receiver and recorder in combination to select the mode thereof, to tune said receiver, to preset times for the recorder and receiver to be turned on and off, and to select the desired tape bias condition.