Patent ID: 7805163

Claim:
A mobile communication terminal having a reception section that receives a television signal, comprising: a setting section configured to set automatic channel selection or automatic acquisition of program guide information as an operation to be automatically performed whenever the mobile communication terminal is connected to a cradle; a setting storage section for storing setting information representing the operation that is set by the setting section; a first determining section configured to determine whether the setting information is stored in the setting storage section upon detecting that the mobile communication terminal is connected to the cradle; a second determining section configured to determine whether the setting information representing the operation to be performed is the automatic channel selection when the first setting section determines that the setting information is stored in the setting storage section; a receiving section configured to select a predetermined channel, receive a television signal through the predetermined channel, and further configured to output the received television signal when the second determining section determines that the setting information represents the automatic channel selection as the operation to be performed; and a program guide information display section configured to acquire program guide information at a current time and to display the program guide based on the acquired program guide information when the second determining section determines that the setting information representing the operation to be performed is not the automatic channel selection.