Patent ID: 6222984
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for interactively checking an error of a video cassette tape recorder, said method comprising the steps of:(i) checking whether a service mode is selected by a first remote controller input;(ii) displaying a menu picture on a television screen if the service mode is selected;(iii) checking whether an error check mode in the menu picture is selected by a second remote controller input;(iv) displaying an error check mode picture on the television screen if the error check mode is selected, carrying out a first check operation about a reproducing system and storing a first check result into a memory;(v) displaying an insertion request picture which requests an insertion of a test video cassette on the television screen when the first check operation is finished;(vi) carrying out a second check operation about the reproducing system while a reproduction operation is going on after the test video cassette is inserted and storing a second check result into the memory;(vii) carrying out each operation mode sequentially after the second check operation is finished, carrying out a third check operation about the reproducing system and storing a third result into the memory; and(viii) displaying the first, second and third check results stored in the memory on the television screen after the third check operation is finished.