Patent ID: 8311249

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a speaker setup section that sets up a plurality of speakers for multiple listening positions; a storage section that stores, for each of the multiple listening positions, settings for the plurality of speakers determined by the speaker setup section; a measurement section allowing a user to visually check the arrangement of the plurality of speakers and the setting of each speaker that measures a distance from a corresponding speaker to one or more of the listening positions using settings for the plurality of speakers determined by the speaker setup section from the storage section; a surface mount display; a display control section that generates a graphical user interface for display on an external display, wherein the graphical user interface includes a plurality of speakers and setting information corresponding to the displayed speakers, wherein the setting information includes the measured distance from the corresponding speaker to the listening position, and the setting information, including the measured distance, is displayed on the periphery of the corresponding speaker to notify a user of a relation between each speaker and the speaker's corresponding setting information, wherein the representation of the speakers in the graphical user interface is based on the setting information, wherein the display control section changes the line of vision of the representation of the speakers, and wherein the display control section controls a display of a speaker height selection screen on the graphical user interface for the user to select a speaker height; and a listening position selection section that determines a selected one of the listening positions as determined by the measuring section, wherein the selected listening position and a second listening position of the multiple listening positions are identified on the external display at the same time, and that receive an instruction to switch the selection from the selected listening position to the second listening position, the settings of the multiple speakers associated with the second listening position being stored in the storage section prior to receiving the instruction.