Abstract: A broadcast receiving apparatus, broadcast receiving system and a method of selecting a control signal in the broadcast receiving system, in which a group of control signal codes for remote control signals for the recorder is automatically selected and the selected group of control signal codes is used to operate the recorder. The group of control signal codes for remote control signals used in a remote commander accessory to the recorder is stored in a nonvolatile memory in correlation with the manufacturer or model of the remote commander and recorder, a control signal code received from the remote commander is compared with a pre-stored group of control signal codes, a group of control signal codes corresponding to the recorder is selected, and the selected group of control signal codes is used to designate an operation of the recorder.

Abstract: There are provided a broadcast receiving apparatus, broadcast receiving system and a method of selecting an control signal in the broadcast receiving system, in which a group of control signal codes for remote control signals for the recorder is automatically selected and the selected group of control signal codes is used to operate the recorder (2). The group of control signal codes for remote control signals used in a remote commander (5) accessory to the recorder (2) is stored in a nonvolatile memory (168) in correlation with the manufacturer or model of the remote commander (5) and recorder (2), a control signal code received from the remote commander (2) is compared with a pre-stored group of control signal codes, a group of control signal codes corresponding to the recorder (2) is selected, and the selected group of control signal codes is used to designate an operation of the recorder (2).