Patent ID: 8154662

Claim:
A television comprising: a tuner; a microprocessor operatively coupled to the tuner for outputting channel selection signals to the tuner to select broadcasting signals, the microprocessor capable of receiving digital baseband signals transmitted from the tuner; a memory with audio auxiliary data stored therein; and outputting means for outputting alert information corresponding to the audio auxiliary data retrieved from the memory; wherein the outputting means comprises a audio processor and a speaker, the audio auxiliary data is capable of being updated via a predetermined broadcasting channel, when the microprocessor determines that the digital baseband signals are not received from the tuner in response to the channel selection signals, the microprocessor retrieves the audio auxiliary data from the memory, and drives the outputting means to output the alert information corresponding to the retrieved audio auxiliary data to the speaker, so as to inform an operator to utilize the alert information to solve problems in selecting the program channel.