Patent ID: 6757477
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A processing arrangement for processing and transferring analog and digital audio, video and control information, comprising:first analog connection means and second analog connection means via which analog A/V signals and output control information can be applied to the processing arrangement and can be supplied by the processing arrangements, to which first analog connection means a television set can be connected and to which second analog connection means a recording arrangement can be connected; digital connection means via which digital A/V data and control data can be applied to the processing arrangement and can be supplied by the processing arrangement, to which digital connection means the recording arrangement can be connected; processing means for processing information applied from the connection means to the processing arrangement; and transfer means for transferring information applied from connection means to the processing arrangement and, if applicable, processed by the processing means to other connection means of the processing arrangement and for supplying output control information to the first analog connection means, which output control information indicates the supply of an A/V signal by the first analog connection means, wherein: the transfer means are adapted to transfer information, which information has been processed by the processing means or transferred by the transfer means, to the second analog connection means and/or to the digital connection means when beginning-of-recording information characterizing a recording mode of the recording arrangement occurs and when output control information is present on the first analog connection means; and the transfer means are adapted to transfer an A/V signal supplied to the processing arrangement via the first analog connection means to the second analog connection means when beginning-of-recording information appears and there is output control information at the first analog connection means.