Method and wireless terminal for remote-controlling audio reproducing apparatus

A wireless terminal that is equipped with a display device and remote-controls an operation of an audio reproducing apparatus, the wireless terminal comprising:

• means for establishing wireless connection to the audio reproducing apparatus;
• means for acquiring, from the audio reproducing apparatus by wireless communication with the audio reproducing apparatus, content information, which is indicative of audio data items that are stored in a storage medium provided in the audio reproducing apparatus;
• means for displaying on the display device of the wireless terminal a list of the audio data items that are stored in the storage medium based on the content information acquired from the audio reproducing apparatus;
• and
• means for sending a reproduction command, which instructs reproduction of audio data that is selected from the list of the audio data items displayed on the display device, to the audio reproducing apparatus by a wireless signal.

An audio reproducing apparatus that reproduces audio data, comprising:

• means for establishing wireless connection to a wireless terminal;
• means for sending, by wireless communication with the wireless terminal, content information, which is indicative of audio data items that are stored in a storage medium provided in the audio reproducing apparatus, to the wireless terminal by a wireless signal;
• means for reproducing, in response to a reproduction command that is sent from the wireless terminal by a wireless signal and instructs reproduction of audio data that is selected by the wireless terminal from the audio data items, the audio data that is selected;
• and
• means for sending reproduction information, which relates to the audio data that is being reproduced, to the wireless terminal by a wireless signal.