Patent ID: 7616869

Claim:
A television receiver embedded with a disc device, the television receiver comprising: a disc device having a parental function capable of setting a first viewing limitation level of a disc side; a television receiver having a V-CHIP function capable of setting a second viewing limitation level of a broadcasting side; a first control unit that controls the disc device; a second control unit that controls the television receiver, and is connected with the first control unit by a communication bus; and a storage that stores a viewing limitation level corresponding table that indicates correspondence between the first viewing limitation level and the second viewing limitation level, wherein the second control unit performs: controlling the television receiver to display an access code input screen, when setting of the second viewing limitation level is selected by a user via a set-up screen displayed on the television receiver; controlling the television receiver to display a second viewing limitation level setting screen, when an access code is input; obtaining, when the second viewing limitation level is selected, the first viewing limitation level that corresponds to the selected second viewing limitation level by referring to the viewing limitation level table; notifying the obtained first viewing limitation level to the first control unit; and setting the second viewing limitation level in the television receiver, and wherein the first control unit performs: controlling the television receiver to display a first viewing limitation level setting screen in accordance with the notified first viewing limitation level; and setting the notified first viewing limitation level in the disc device.