Patent ID: 8228439
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A television receiver comprising: an antenna to receive a television broadcast RF signal from a television broadcast station; an external input terminal to receive a non-RF signal from a first external device, the non-RF signal being a video and/or audio signal which is not modulated into a radio frequency signal; an RF input terminal to receive an RF signal from a second external device, the RF signal being a video and/or audio signal which is modulated into a radio frequency signal; a detecting unit to judge at a predetermined timing whether or not the RF signal is received by the RF input terminal; an external-input switching unit to switch between the antenna, the external input terminal, and the RF input terminal; a display screen including: a television output screen on which an image of the television broadcast RF signal received by the antenna is displayed; an external input terminal output screen on which an image of the non-RF signal received by the external input terminal is displayed; and an RF input terminal output screen on which an image of the RF signal received by the RF input terminal is displayed, wherein when the external-input switching unit switches to the antenna, the external input terminal, or the RF input terminal, the external-input switching unit switches to the television output screen, the external input terminal output screen, or the RF input terminal output screen, respectively; a tuner to tune to the RF signal when the RF signal is received by the RF input terminal so as to specify a receiving channel of the RF signal; a selecting unit with which a user selects whether or not to allow the external-input switching unit to activate a function of switching to the RF input terminal to a predetermined receiving channel; and a channel selecting unit with which the user selects the predetermined receiving channel, the RF signal of which is received by the RF input terminal, wherein when the detecting unit judges that the RF signal is received by the RF input terminal, and the external-input switching unit is allowed to activate the function of switching to the RF input terminal by the user with the selecting unit, the external-input switching unit switches to the RF input terminal, thereby switching to the RF input terminal output screen on which the image of the predetermined receiving channel of the RF signal is displayed, the predetermined receiving channel being specified by the tuner.