Patent ID: 6112302
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A programmable video recording device (VCR) for setting initializing data for every destination and having a microcomputer for controlling the electronic device and an external memory connected to the microcomputer, said microcomputer comprising:an internal memory for storing in advance initializing data for microcomputer provided for every destination to be stored in said microcomputer and initializing data for external memory provided for every destination to be stored into said external memory;destination designating means for designating a destination;destination deterring means for determining designation contents bysaid destination designating means in an initializing-data setting mode; microcomputer-side initializing-data setting means for reading out, in the initializing-data setting mode, initializing data for microcomputer corresponding to a destination specified by the result of determination made by said destination determning means from said internal memory, and setting the read-out data in said external memory; andexternal-memory-side initializing-data setting means for reading out, in the initializing-data setting mode, initializing data for external memory corresponding to the destination specified by the result of determination made by said destination determinsing means from said internal memory, and setting the read-out data in said external memory.