Patent ID: 8648803

Claim:
Remote control comprising: a housing; a first keypad which has a multiplicity of keys for inputting of control commands; a second keypad for inputting of letters or other symbols; a sensor that in dependence on the position of the second keypad generates an output signal; two transmission devices provided on the housing, for transmission of coded signals, of which only one is activated in dependence on the output signal of the sensor, wherein the two transmission devices are placed on two different side walls of the housing, so that the directions of emission of the two transmission devices are essentially at right angles to each other, and wherein keys of the first keypad are assigned different control signals in dependence on the output signal of the sensor; wherein the second keypad is slideable relative to the first keypad between a first completely pushed in limit position and a second completely pulled out limit position; and the keys of the first and the second keypad in the second completely pulled out limit position of the second keypad are accessible from the same side of the remote control device.