Patent ID: 7197231
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a first tuner capable of receiving a first plurality of channels; a first memory for (a) acquiring information of a second plurality of channels from an external receiver device having a second tuner capable of receiving a second plurality of channels, wherein the information is extracted from a signal by the external receiver, stored in a memory of the external receiver having been extracted, and sent from the memory of the external receiver to said recording apparatus, and (b) storing the information; a second memory for storing information of the first plurality of channels that is receivable by the first tuner; an accepting unit for accepting a signal for designating a channel of either one of the first plurality of channels or the second plurality of channels; and a control unit for determining, based on information stored in each of the first memory and the second memory, a selection of either the first tuner or the second tuner, for receiving image data of the channel designated by the signal, wherein the control unit acquires the information of the second plurality of channels to be stored in the first memory at a predetermined timing and updates the first memory with the acquired information.