In a remote control system to control remotely a controlled device through a network from a terminal at a remote place, the controlled device stores a channel table associating broadcast station numbers recognized by a remote control device and allocated to each broadcast station with channel numbers recognized by the controlled device and allocated to each broadcast station. This allows channel numbers to be designated remotely according to an area, even though a relation between broadcast station numbers and channel numbers is different depending on an area. The remote controller can read the channel table of the controlled device and correct the channel table according to user's operation on the terminal.