Custom installation television receiver with variable front panel configuration
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America
InventorsKnut T. Fenner, Richard Gioscia
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AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America
InventorsKnut T. Fenner, Richard Gioscia
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A television receiver monitor intended to be built into a wall and used in connection with an audio/video entertainment center can be adapted to provide various visual aspects corresponding to the control capabilities of the user. When only a bezel surrounding the screen is visible, all controls are made through a control center unit of the audio/video entertainment center, so that the user must have a high degree of knowledge about the overall system, whereas when the bezel and a control panel are visible, the user need not extensively involve himself with the audio/video entertainment center except to control the audio portion of the program. When confronted with an unsophisticated or underage user, a speaker grill is provided in addition to the bezel and control panel, so that no interaction with the audio/video entertainment center is required by the user in order to enjoy a video and audio program.
A system for mounting a video monitor of an audio/video system having a viewing screen wherein the video monitor is mounted in a wall in a selected one of three modes, the system comprising:
A system for use in installing in a wall a viewing screen of a video monitor in an audio/video system having a loudspeaker array and an audio/video control center, wherein the video monitor is selectively mounted in the wall in one of three modes said system comprising:
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