Patent ID: 6512880
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A remote control system comprising:a video display apparatus having: a video display device for displaying a video image based on a video signal; a remote control photoreception device for receiving an infrared signal transmitted from a remote controller and converting the received infrared signal into an electric remote operation signal; and a remote-control signal output terminal for outputting the remote control signal to outside; and a recording medium reproduction apparatus having: video signal supply means for playing a magnetic recording tape and supplying a reproduced video signal to said video display device; a remote-control signal input terminal for inputting the remote control signal outputted from said remote-control signal output terminal; video-signal supply control means for controlling the video signal supply means to supply the video-signal based on the input remote control signal; a remote control photoreception device; and a remote-control signal input selection circuit connected to the video-signal supply control means and to both the remote control photoreception device and remote-control signal input terminal of the recording medium reproduction apparatus, wherein when the remote-control signal input terminal is connected to the remote-control signal output terminal, the video-signal supply control means controls the remote-control signal input selection circuit to select the remote-control signal input terminal and to connect the remote-control signal input terminal to the video-signal supply control means, and wherein when the remote-control signal input terminal is not connected to the remote-control signal output terminal, the video-signal supply control means controls the remote-control signal input selection circuit to select the remote control photoreception device of the recording medium reproduction apparatus and to connect the remote control photoreception device of the recording medium reproduction apparatus to the video-signal supply control means.