Control apparatus and control method

摘要

A television receiver serves as a control apparatus for remote controlling an AV device in a home network system, and is provided with a remote controller for remote controlling the television receiver itself. The television receiver displays, on a display device, a graphical user interface (guide panel) for graphically guiding the functions assigned to the plural numeral keys provided in the remote controller. Such configuration allows the user to remote control the desired AV device in the home network system in a simple manner with limited operation sequence.