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Television system including television set, and accessory devices controlled by a single remote control device
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Inventors: Kayashima, Kazuhiro; Kurosaki, Toshihiko; Egusa, Yo; Atuta, Hiroshi; Yamamoto, Hiroshi;
Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP)
Primary Examiner: Kostak; Victor R.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Ratner & Prestia
A television system which includes a television set with cathode-ray tube, a VCR deck, a disc player, a tape deck and a radio tuner in one unit operated and controlled by a single remote control device. The cathode-ray tube displays a menu including a guide to help one use the remote control device. The television system also includes automatically selecting a preset or use determined favorite device, e.g. television set, and/or a channel when the system is turned on. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed: 1.
A remote control device for use with a television comprising: display instruction means for signaling said television to display a menu which includes a plurality of menu items, selection means for selecting one of said plurality of menu items, and a case in which said display instruction means and said selection means are located, said display instruction means including a contact detecting switch which is actuated responsive to a change of electric capacitance caused by a user touching said case.
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A remote control device for use with a television comprising: first switch means for signalling said television to display a menu which includes a plurality of menu items; and second switch means for selecting one of said plurality of menu items, wherein said first switch means and said second switch means are both actuated by pressing a single button and are each individually controlled responsive to respective pressing forces applied to said single button.
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A television system comprising: a cabinet possessing a display means; and a chassis incorporating a plurality of components including a VCR deck, a disc player, a tape deck, and a further plurality of components including a television tuner and a radio tuner, said chassis being fixed to said cabinet, wherein each of said plurality of components has a respective media loading slot in front thereof, wherein a VCR tape cassette is loaded into said media loading slot of the VCR deck in the longitudinal direction so that a shortest side of said VCR tape cassette is inserted into said slot first and said respective media loading slot of said VCR deck is disposed at the right side of the front of said VCR deck, said VCR deck is positioned at the left side as seen from the front of said chassis, said disc player and said tape deck are stacked and mounted on said chassis and disposed at the right side of said chassis as seen from the front of the chassis, and said chassis is fixed in said cabinet with each respective media loading slot facing the same direction as the front of said display means faces
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