Philips Multimedia Control Panel - Manual (Page 10)

User Manual
10
Learning the Basics
In this chapter, you will get to know more about:
■ Controlling legacy audio/video devices;
■ Home networking;
■ Activity-Based Control.
■ Controlling Legacy Audio/Video Devices
Legacy audio-video devices are non-networked devices that are typically operated by
means of a remote control. Your TV, for example, is such a device. When you press a
button on the TV’s remote control (e.g. Mute), the remote control sends an Infrared (IR)
signal to the TV. The TV receives this signal and executes the command (in this case:
mutes the speakers).
Today, most households own many legacy A/V devices. Since most, if not all, of these
devices come with their own remote control, the coffee table gets pretty crowded.
In this situation, the RC9800i is the perfect solution for you. The RC9800i is a universal
remote control that can control a wide variety of devices, such as TVs, VCRs, DVD
players and so on.
In the home plan above, you can see the RC9800i functioning as a universal remote
control: it is controlling the audio system, the flat screen TV, the VCR and the DVD.