Patent ID: 8107016
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus, comprising: a channel setting storage unit which stores mode selection information about first and second channel designation modes each of which designates a way of setting an initial channel to be automatically tuned to upon turning on the display apparatus, wherein in the first channel designation mode, a channel designated by an external request signal is tuned to, and in the second channel designation mode, a channel most recently displayed by the display apparatus when the display apparatus was tuned off is initially tuned to; a channel value storage unit which stores first and second channel values corresponding to the channels to be tuned to in the first and second designation modes respectively; and a control unit which determines one of the channel designation modes based on the stored mode selection information upon turning on the display apparatus, and controls the display apparatus to automatically tune to a channel, designated to be the initial channel by the determined channel designation mode, wherein the control unit determines whether or not the first channel value is stored in the channel value storage unit if the mode selection information indicates a first channel designation mode, and controls the display apparatus to tune to the second channel if first channel value is not stored.