Patent ID: 8001300

Claim:
A method for controlling a video signal processing apparatus, comprising the steps of: coupling the video signal processing apparatus to digital connections of a plurality of peripheral devices via a digital data bus; receiving digital data from each of the plurality of peripheral devices via the digital data bus, the digital data indicating whether each of the plurality of peripheral devices includes an analog connection capable of being physically made, but not yet physically made, to the video signal processing apparatus; determining from the received digital data if any of the plurality of peripheral devices includes an analog connection capable of being physically made, but not yet physically made, to the video signal processing apparatus; if none of the plurality of peripheral devices includes an analog connection capable of being physically made, but not yet physically made, to the video signal processing apparatus, providing a first on-screen display indicating that none of the plurality of peripheral devices includes an analog connection capable of being physically made, but not yet physically made, to the video signal processing apparatus; if at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices includes an analog connection capable of being physically made, but not yet physically made, to the video signal processing apparatus, providing a second on-screen display having a list expressly reciting the at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices that includes an analog connection capable of being physically made, but not yet physically made, to the video signal processing apparatus; and associating a selected analog connection of the video signal processing apparatus with a selected one of the at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices in response to a user selection from the list; wherein the list included in the second on-screen display is arranged based on digital identification codes associated with the at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices.