Patent ID: 7277686

Claim:
A method for selecting one of N antennas and one of M alternative receiving frequencies to determine an optimal antenna and frequency combination, the method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of N tuners, each tuner being associated with a corresponding one of the N antennas; adjusting a receiving frequency of each of the N tuners to each of the M alternative receiving frequencies; receiving a quality signal from each of the N tuners for each of the M alternative receiving frequencies that each of the N tuners is adjusted to; receiving a tuner output signal from each of the N tuners for each of the M alternative receiving frequencies that each of the N tuners is adjusted to; selecting one of the plurality of quality signals having a predetermined optimal quality criteria at one of the M alternative receiving frequencies; selectively multiplex switching one of the plurality of tuner output signals based on the selected one of the quality signals having the predetermined optimal quality criteria at one of the M alternative receiving frequencies; and analog-to-digital converting the selectively multiplex switched tuner output signal and providing the digital converted signal to a digital signal processor for signal processing.