Video system system and apparatus for establishing a remote identifier for a remote control unit in a remote video receiver system and remote control process

摘要

A remote receiver accepts command signals from infrared transmitters and radio frequency transmitters and combines the command signals into a final non-overlapping command signal according to a preselected priority among the command signals. In an alternative arrangement a video system (10) includes a receiver (12) that generates a remote identifier setup display on a television monitor (14) and a remote control unit (16) having a radio frequency transmitter and an infrared transmitter. The video system enables a user to enter a remote control identifier for the radio frequency transmitter through the remote identifier setup display using the infrared transmitter. The receiver initially ignores remote command signals received from the radio frequency transmitter until the remote control identifier is entered. IMAGE