The invention relates to a mobile receiver unit (1) for controlling an actuator (2) for setting a pan and/or tilt angle α, β of a camera (3), said unit having a display device 4 to display an image captured by the camera (3), a control device (5) to define control commands for the actuator (2) and a transmitter unit (6) to transmit the control commands to the actuator (2), wherein the control device (5) has a gyroscopic sensor (7) to detect a relative change in angle of the mobile receiver unit (1) around at least one axis A, B, wherein a control command for a relative angle change of the pan angle α and/or the tilt angle β of the camera (3) is determined by the relative angle change, and/or the control device (5) has a compass sensor (8) to detect an absolute angle position of the mobile receiver unit (1) around at least one axis A, B, wherein a control command for an absolute angle setting of the pan angle α of the camera is determined by the absolute angle position.