Patent ID: 8903100

Claim:
A loudspeaker control apparatus that controls operations of a plurality of loudspeakers and lights provided indoors, the apparatus comprising: an operation reception section that receives a user operation: a mode selection section that selects between two operation modes, based on the user operation received by the operation reception section, either a normal mode in which the plurality of loudspeakers and lights are caused to operate in non-cooperation with each other, or an inspection mode in which each of the plurality of loudspeakers is inspected to see whether it is operating normally by causing each of the plurality of the loudspeakers and one or more lights to operate in cooperation with each other; and a control section that controls the operations of the plurality of loudspeakers and lights based on the operation mode selected by the mode selection section, wherein the control section, in the inspection mode, sequentially causes the plurality of loudspeakers to output an inspection tone and, in accordance with the inspection tone being outputted, sequentially causes the one or more lights which correspond to each of the plurality of the loudspeakers from which the inspection tone is being outputted to be turned on or to blink.