Information processing apparatus
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus in which a plurality of multimedia functions are installed and which is capable of wireless communication a counterpart apparatus, including: a setting unit configured to start up a multimedia function from the plurality of multimedia functions in accordance with a remote-control command sent from the counterpart apparatus; and a control unit configured to control a startup of the multimedia function in accordance with a startup made by the setting unit if the control unit receives the remote-control command.
1. An information processing apparatus in which a plurality of multimedia functions are installed and which is capable of wireless communicating a counterpart apparatus, comprising:
a setting unit configured to specify a method by which a multimedia function is selected from the plurality of multimedia functions; and
a control unit configured to start up a multimedia function selected by the specified method upon receiving a remote-control command sent from the counterpart apparatus,
wherein the setting unit selects from a fixed setting method, a priority-based setting method and an auto setting method as the specified method in response to a user operation,
wherein the fixed setting method comprises starting up one of the plurality of multimedia functions that is pre-selected and fixed in advance by a user operation, the priority-based setting method comprises starting up one of the plurality of multimedia functions that is selected according to a priority order preset by a user operation, and the auto setting method comprises starting up one of the plurality of multimedia functions that is automatically selected in response to a radio-wave-reception condition existing at a time of starting up.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, the control unit starts up a multimedia function that has a best radio-wave-reception condition among a plurality of broadcast waves.
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, upon detecting that all the broadcast waves are not receivable, the control unit starts up a multimedia function that does not use any one of the plurality of broadcast waves.