Patent ID: 7508378

Claim:
A control unit comprising: a communication device for communicating a connection information outputted from a remote control operating unit; a recognition device for recognizing the connection between an information processing equipment and an information reproduction equipment connected to the information processing equipment, based on the connection information, that indicates that the information reproduction equipment is connected to the information processing equipment via a connector that is included in the information processing equipment, wherein the connection information is registered by an operator and outputted from the remote control operating unit; and a control device for controlling the information processing equipment and the information reproduction equipment, based on a control signal output from the remote control operating unit corresponding to the connection between the information processing equipment and the information reproduction equipment connected to the information processing equipment recognized by the recognition device, wherein the control device controls the information processing equipment and the information reproduction equipment, and judges whether to output a signal of the information reproduction equipment to the other information reproduction equipment, or to output a signal transmitted from the information processing equipment to the other information reproduction equipment, based on a control signal output from the remote control operating unit, corresponding to the connection between the information processing equipment and the information reproduction equipment connected to the information processing equipment recognized by the recognition device, and wherein the information processing equipment comprises: a detection device which detects a presence of the information reproduction equipment connected to the information processing equipment; and a detection result output device which outputs a detection result of the detection device to the control unit.