A remote jack pack has a video input jack that receives a video signal, an audio input jack that receives an audio signal, a video output that transfers the video signal to a television, an audio output that transfers the audio signal to the television, and a control output that automatically supplies control signals to the television. The control signals indicate the availability of the video and audio signals for processing by the television. The television has a tuner that supplies video and audio signals of a selected channel, a video connector that receives video from the remote jack pack, an audio connector that receives audio from the remote jack pack, a control connector that receive control signals from the remote jack pack, and a processor that is responsive to the control signals to selectively control display of the video and audio signals from the tuner and the video and audio signals from the video and audio connectors.