Patent ID: 7952649

Claim:
An audio-visual (AV) apparatus comprising: an infrared ray receiver configured to receive an infrared ray command; a radio wave receiver configured to receive a radio wave command; a controller configured to accept at least one of the infrared ray command and the radio wave command, and to control a plurality of modules to a state of corresponding to the accepted command; a reception controller configured to control the controller to accept the infrared ray command when one of the infrared ray command and the radio wave command is received within a previously set predetermined time from the reception of the other of the infrared ray command and the radio wave command, while the AV apparatus is set in an infrared and radio combination mode in which the infrared ray command and the radio wave command are both accepted; and a transmitter configured to transmit a response signal via radio waves, the response signal notifying by controlling the reception controller that the infrared ray command is accepted, and the radio wave command is not accepted.