Patent ID: 8054996

Claim:
A video and audio output apparatus which outputs video and audio, comprising: an internal speaker configured to output the audio; a holding unit configured to hold information; an accepting unit configured to accept an instruction from outside the video and audio output apparatus; a management unit configured to cause the holding unit to hold information which indicates one of a plurality of audio output modes according to a mode-specifying instruction for specifying an output mode of the audio accepted by the accepting unit; a control unit configured to control output of the audio from the internal speaker according to the information indicating the audio output mode held in the holding unit; a detection unit configured to detect a change from an off state to an on state of a power supply of the video and audio output apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction from an external speaker control apparatus which controls an external speaker that is a speaker outside of the video and audio output apparatus; and an output unit configured to output the information indicating the audio output mode held in the holding unit to the external speaker control apparatus when the detection unit detects a change from the off state to the on state of the power supply and the receiving unit receives, from the external speaker control apparatus, an instruction requesting output of the information indicating the audio output mode, wherein the video and audio output apparatus outputs the audio from the internal speaker when the power supply changes from the off state to the on state.