Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Monitoring or testing the progress of recording
Patent
1984-03-05
1987-02-03
Cardillo, Raymond F.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Monitoring or testing the progress of recording
358335, 434323, G11B 3100, H04N 5782
Patent
active
046412050
ABSTRACT:
Programming apparatus for a scheduler of a television receiver or VCR for automatically tuning the system to channels corresponding to future programs requires, in its simplest form, only a single programming key for initiating the programming operation and digit keys for normally entering channel numbers. This is made possible by apparatus for displaying on the screen of the television receiver or, in the case of a VCR, an associated television receiver or monitor step-by-step instructions for entering the scheduling information. In response to pushing the programming key, a numbered list (or "menu") of various possible programming modes, e.g., scheduling programs to be selected only once, scheduling programs to be selected on a daily basis or scheduling programs to be selected on a weekly basis, is displayed. Thereafter any of the programming modes can be initiated by pushing the appropriate digit key. Thereafter, the user is prompted to push appropriate digit keys to enter the starting and ending times and channel numbers of programs to be scheduled until blanks following descriptive titles of the data that is to be entered are filled in.
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Cardillo Raymond F.
Emanuel Peter M.
Rasmussen Paul J.
RCA Corporation
Weinhardt Robert A.
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