Patent ID: 7099556

Claim:
A video recording/reproducing apparatus with tuner, comprising: a tuner for inputting a plurality of channels of radio frequency television signals and outputting a base-band television signal of a designated channel; a modulator for modulating the base-band television signal outputted from said tuner; an outputter for outputting the radio frequency television signal modulated by said modulator to a video displaying apparatus with tuner; a searcher for searching an unused channel from among the plurality of channels, said searcher including a determiner to determine a used/unused status for predetermined channels that should be the unused channel; a first setter for setting a frequency of the unused channel detected by said searcher to said modulator, said first setter setting a frequency of any one of the predetermined channels based on a result of determination by said determiner; a presetter for presetting a used channel included in the plurality of channels to said tuner after completing a frequency setting operation by said first setter; a first displayer for selectively displaying channel numbers of the predetermined channels at a predetermined time interval when each of the predetermined channels is not determined as having the unused status by said determiner; a selector for selecting any one of the predetermined channels; and a second setter for setting a frequency of a channel selected by said selector to said modulator.