The invention provides a method how a remote control inputs characters to display equipment. The method comprises the following steps: a, responding to a character input request emitted by the remote control, and displaying an input box and a soft keyboard, wherein the soft keyboard comprises a plurality of characters which are preset and arranged one by one; b, responding to a position moving order emitted by a directional key on the remote control, and moving a focus to a target character; and c, responding to an input determination order emitted by a determination key on the remote control, and inputting the target character to the input box. The method how the remote control inputs characters to the display equipment shortens the distance between the needed keys, improves the input speed of the characters, reduces the number of the keys needed by character inputting, achieves the purposes of simplifying the design of the remote control and decreasing the size of the remote control, avoids sight transferri
