Patent ID: 8400345

Claim:
Multimedia assembly comprising: a control unit, to which multiple remotely controllable electronic devices can be connected, a programmable universal remote control unit, which has a receiver for receiving remote control codes and a memory for storing the remote control codes, wherein the control unit and the universal remote control unit each have a transmitting and a receiving device for bidirectional communication with one another, wherein the control unit has a device for receiving, analyzing and decoding remote control signals from original remote control units, wherein the control unit has a device for transmitting the received remote control signals to the universal remote control unit as remote control codes, wherein the universal remote control unit has a device for receiving the remote control codes transmitted by the control unit, wherein the memory of the universal remote control unit is organized in the form of a matrix and wherein all fields of the matrix can be activated using a maximum of four keys of the universal remote control unit, wherein predetermined fields of the matrix can be activated directly using special keys on the universal remote control unit, and wherein when positioning keys are activated, the universal remote control unit transmits preset signals to the control unit, which displays a menu system on a screen which is synchronized with the remote control codes of the memory.