Patent ID: 7120404
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: H03J,H04B,H04H

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a radio reception system that includes a plurality of receivers assigned to a common output device, where a first one of the receivers is designated as an audio receiver and is tuned to a frequency of a radio transmitter having a transmitter identifier code and outputs a signal received from the radio transmitter to the output device, and where a second one of the receivers is designated as a search receiver, the method comprising: stepping the search receiver through its frequency band for a frequency signal value associated with the radio transmitter and determining a measure of the signal strength of the frequency signal value; comparing the signal strength of the signal received by the search receiver and the signal strength of the signal received by the audio receiver; tuning the search receiver to the frequency signal value if the measure of the signal strength of the frequency signal value is better than the measure of the signal strength associated with the current signal received by the audio receiver such that the search receiver is now designated the audio receiver and assumes the operation thereof and the audio receiver is now designated the search receiver and assumes the operation thereof; and repeating the steps of stepping, comparing and tuning.