REMOTE CONTROLLER AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the accurate remote control of an electronic equipment to be executed even from a distant place. SOLUTION: A program table consisting of the broadcasting channel and the broadcasting start time of the program, etc., for example, is recorded in a database 5 as information required for preserving recording in VTR 4. In a portable terminal 1, communication is executed with the database 5, a base station 2 and a network 3 and the program table is received and displayed. A user referres to the program table, recognizes the broadcasting channel and the broadcasting start time, etc., of the program to be recording-preserved and inputs it in the portable terminal 1. The pieces of information are transmitted to VTR 4 with the base station 2 and the network 3 and recording preservation is executed in VTR 4 by this.