Remote control apparatus

Abstract

A remote control apparatus having a commander and a receiver. In a wireless remote control system for a television receiver having a channel command device and a responding device, the channel command device includes a channel selecting circuit for selecting one channel command from among a plurality of predetermined channel commands, a command signal generating circuit for generating a channel command signal corresponding to a selected channel command, and a channel command transmitting circuit having a speaker for transmitting the channel command signal; and the responding device includes a channel command receiving circuit having a microphone for receiving the transmitted channel command signal and a channel command discriminating circuit for discriminating the channel command signal and supplying a channel selecting signal corresponding to the discriminated channel command signal to control a tuning circuit of the television receiver. Further, there is provided in the responding device, a return signal generating circuit for producing a return signal corresponding to the channel command indicated by the channel selecting signal and a return signal transmitting circuit having a speaker for transmitting the return signal, while the channel command device further has a return signal receiving circuit having a microphone for receiving the transmitted return signal, a return signal discriminating circuit for discriminating the return signal and producing a discriminated return signal indicating the channel command to which the return signal corresponds, a comparing circuit for comparing the originally selected channel command and the discriminated return signal, and an indicating circuit connected to the comparing circuit for indicating a coincidence of the originally selected channel command and the discriminated return signal.