Channel selecting apparatus and a method thereof

Details Channel selecting apparatus and a method thereof Channel selecting apparatus and a method thereof

1994-02-28

1995-08-01

Groody, James J.

Television

Receiver circuitry

Tuning

348734, 4551862, 34082572, 341175, 341 23, 341176, H04N 550, H04N 544

Patent

active

054383773

ABSTRACT:
A channel selector used in a television set, video cassette recorder and the like includes a key pad having tens key corresponding to the decimal numbers zero through nine. A microcomputer is also included therein, which is operated in response to the key pad output and controls on screen display circuit, a tuning voltage generator. A desired channel number is easily selected by the microcomputer which is operated by the program therein. As a result, a user may operate easily and quickly the channel selector without feeling a tedium due to a delay time between the activation of a first key and the activation of a second key.

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