Patent ID: 8689140

Claim:
A remote control unit for remotely operating an air conditioning apparatus, the remote control unit comprising: a display unit configured to display a standard screen and a menu screen, the menu screen displaying a menu including a plurality of items and a cursor indicating an item among the plurality of items; a cursor-moving member configured to move the cursor when operated by a user; a confirmation member configured to decide that the item indicated by the cursor is to be executed in the menu screen; and a controller configured to control the display unit in response to the cursor-moving member or the confirmation member being operated, and configured to receive a notification/request signal input from the air conditioning apparatus requesting an operation via the confirmation member, and the controller being further configured to switch from the standard screen to the menu screen in response to confirmation member being operated in the standard screen, to display the plurality of items of the menu in a predetermined order on the menu screen with a first item of the plurality of items being positioned at a top of the menu when the confirmation member is operated in the standard screen and the notification/request signal has not been received, and to display a second item above the first item in the menu on the menu screen when the confirmation member is operated in the standard screen and the notification/request signal has been received, the second item corresponding to the notification/request signal and being different from the first item.