Patent ID: 7570871

Claim:
A media receiving/outputting device comprising: reception means for receiving a media signal; first tuning means for tuning the media signal to a first channel selected for outputting; output means for outputting the first channel; mode setting means for effecting a setting of the device to a mode, said mode being selected from a first mode and a second mode; storage means for storing a valid channel indicator in an allotted location when the device is set to the second mode, said channel indicator identifying a second channel of the media signal; second tuning means for tuning the media signal to the second channel; setting means for setting the device in the first mode or the second mode by setting the device in the second mode if the valid channel indicator is stored in the allotted location and setting the device in the first mode if the valid channel indicator is not stored in the allotted location; and, routing means for routing to a given recording device only: (i) the first channel, when the device is in the first mode; and only, (ii) the second channel, when the device is in the second mode.