program selections in autopilot mode that are to be displayed on the gui 260 in another embodiment according to the present invention the media player 240 has connectivity 245 via a wireless data transceiver 251 to the internet in this case the media player 240 directly gathers user preferences 220 from the multimedia server 200 over the network connection the server 200 performs content selection directly by itself and transfers this tuning instruction automatically to the media player 240 the server 200 may also manipulate via commands the content of the media player 240 including when to play and what to play according to the present invention as illustrated in fig3 the media player 240 is equipped with an appropriate writer that may collect further information via the user input 300 about the user 39 s preferences for example if a user likes the recommended program the user may express approval thereof by entering a positive input 300 that information 300 may be written back to the storage device 230 to update user preferences 220 and make them more accurate on the other hand if the user does not like the program the user may enter a negative feedback to express disapproval the user 39 s feedback may.