Patent ID: 8456314

Claim:
A method for using an entertainment device to notify a user of a change in an audio visual entertainment system configuration in which at least one of a plurality devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual source and at least one of the plurality of devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual output destination for the entertainment device, the method comprising: causing the entertainment device to determine if there is a change in one or more of the plurality of devices connected to the entertainment device; and in response to the entertainment device determining that there is a change in one or more of the plurality of devices connected to the entertainment device, using the entertainment device to cause a display by at least one of the plurality of devices connected to the entertainment device as a visual output destination for the entertainment device a message that serves to notify the user of the change in the audio visual entertainment system configuration; wherein the message comprises a user interface element selectable to place a remote control device into a mode for configuring the remote control device to command functional operations of one or more of the plurality of devices connected to the entertainment device.