REMOTE RECEIVER THAT COORDINATES COMMAND SIGNALS FROM DIFFERING SOURCES INCLUDING RADIO FREQUENCY AND INFRARED SOURCES AND SETUP OF SAME

摘要

A remote receiver is disclosed that accepts command signals from infrared transmitters and radio frequency transmitters and that combines the command signals into a final non overlapping command signal according to a preselected priority among the command signals. In an alternate embodiment, a video system is disclosed including a receiv er that generates a remote identifier setup display on a television monitor and further including a remote control unit 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.