Patent ID: 7532258

Claim:
A volume control system for use with an audio-visual component able to receive an input signal having an audio signal and a video signal comprising: a) a remote control unit having a speaker positioned thereon for outputting an audio signal therefrom; b) a mute button on said remote control unit for generating a request signal for disabling an output of said audio signal by said component and to transmit said audio signal for receipt by a receiving means in said remote control unit; c) means in said remote control unit for outputting a received audio signal on said speaker; d) said remote control unit having two sets of volume control buttons, one set for controlling volume of sound from said audio-visual component, and the second set for controlling volume of sound from said speaker on said remote control unit; and e) said mute button on said remote control unit being a toggle switch whereby pressing said mute button again returns audio output to said audio-visual component and wherein said speaker on said remote control unit audibly outputs channel name, channel number, and title of a program being heard upon changing of a channel included in said received data signal when outputting a received audio signal on said speaker.