Patent ID: 6888576

Claim:
A digital/analog broadcast receiving device comprising: a receiver for receiving an encoded digital/analog broadcasting signal originated from a broadcasting station; a digital/analog decoder for decoding the digital/analog broadcasting signal received at the receiver and then outputting the signal to a display which displays an image; a memory for storing set contents relating to various operations of the receiving device; a control unit for controlling the receiving device according to the set contents stored in the memory; and an input device for inputting a user's channel selecting instruction and the set contents to be stored in the memory to the control unit, in such a configuration that the input device can be used to make settings in a setting menu including setting items for the operations by using a cursor on a screen displayed at the display, wherein: the memory stores therein a proficient setting mode in which the whole of setting items can be changed without any limitation and a beginner setting mode in which the setting items can be changed with some limitation, the setting items that cannot be changed as a limitation include an all-settings clearing and the receiving device being set in the beginner setting mode at the time of shipment from a factory; the receiving device can be switched between the proficient setting mode and the beginner setting mode by an operation instruction sent from the input device; and the control unit controls the device so that the setting items which cannot be changed in the beginner setting mode are either not displayed on the display or prevented from being selected by the input device.