Remote control unit for air conditioner

Abstract

A user-friendly remote control unit for an air conditioner exhibiting excellent operability. Upon receiving an abnormality notification signal for notifying abnormality from an air conditioner (1), or a filter maintenance request signal for requesting cleaning of a filter of the air conditioner (1), the control section (20) of the remote control unit (10) locates abnormality countermeasure items (211) indicating the location of a plurality of pieces of related information which the user requires with regard to the abnormality at the upper position of a menu (21).

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a remote controller for remotely operating an air conditioner. Background technique [0002] An air conditioner is provided with a single remote controller consisting of a plurality of changeover switches, setting switches, selection switches, and a liquid crystal display panel displaying control contents determined by these switches (see Patent Document 1). The remote controller described in Patent Document 1 basically has one switch and one function, so if additional functions are added, switches tend to be added, and there is a problem that the feeling of complexity will increase if the number of switches increases. As a technique for solving such a problem, a remote controller having a menu selection determination switch is disclosed (Patent Document 2). In the remote controller described in Patent Document 2, a selection switch and a cursor button are disposed on the menu selection determination switch, and the liquid cry...

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Problems solved by technology

[0005] In the remote control described in Patent Document 2, the number of switches is reduced, which eliminates the sense of complexity, but does not eliminate the sense of complexity in actual operation.

In addition, it is easy to add functions, so there is a tendency for the number of functions to increase, and it may become more complicated

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