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Linn DS Homebrew RCU with Playlist Support

After installing a hidden Linn DS for my bathroom, I found controlling it tricky, whilst using the phone is okay, I'd still like the convenience of a remote to switch off the music on the way out. I worked around this problem by extending the alarm clock functionality already in use for my kitchen to include a 'set standby' option. This would place the bathroom DS into standby mode at known times. Not ideal, but more useful. The Linn solution to this is a control panel on the wall which offers volume, power and a remote IR sensor. Whilst this gives me the ability to switch off on the way out. It would mean having a remote control in the bathroom to change source and not something I'd like. Since I'd added functionality to schedule stored playlists to start as well as the radio I convinced myself I also wanted the ability to preload a known selection of music at the press of a button. I'm a coder and after watching the RI Christmas lectures on 'hacking yo