Patent ID: 8130326

Claim:
A television broadcast signal receiving system, comprising: an antenna apparatus comprising a first antenna which can receive a broadcast signal in a first frequency band and a second antenna which can receive a broadcast signal in a second frequency band, and a television broadcast signal receiving apparatus comprising a selection unit for selecting the first antenna or the second antenna according to a frequency of a broadcast signal which is to be received, a detecting unit for detecting a receiving level of a received signal which is received by the first antenna or the second antenna, a channel setting unit for setting a channel of the broadcast signal in which the receiving level detected by the detecting unit is not less than a predetermined value as a receivable channel, and a control unit for controlling each operation of the selection unit, the detecting unit, and the channel setting unit, wherein the antenna apparatus comprises a transmission unit which can transmit identification information of the antenna apparatus as information relating to the antenna apparatus to the television broadcast signal receiving apparatus, wherein the information relating to the antenna apparatus is automatically transmitted when the antenna apparatus is connected to the television broadcast signal receiving apparatus, and wherein the television broadcast signal receiving apparatus comprises a storage unit in which the identification information by which the antenna apparatus can be identified and receive channel number information which corresponds to the identification information are stored, a receiving unit which can receive the information relating to the antenna apparatus which is transmitted from the antenna apparatus, and a frequency range setting unit which can set ranges of the first frequency band which is to be received by the first antenna and the second frequency band which is to be received by the second antenna by reading out the corresponding receive channel number information from the storage unit based on the identification information of the antenna apparatus which is transmitted from the antenna apparatus.