Patent ID: 8032075

Claim:
Terminals for use in a regional broadcast radio system, comprising a master station connected, by radio, to the terminals directly or through predetermined relay stations, the terminals receiving and outputting notification information broadcasted from the master station, wherein each of the terminals includes: a measuring unit for measuring an electric field value of a received signal having a specific frequency; a comparing unit for comparing the electric field value of the received signal with a predetermined electric field value; a scanning unit for scanning a specific frequency band when the electric field value of the received signal is equal to or less than the predetermined electric field value; a frequency detecting unit for detecting a frequency of a maximum received electric field; an information detecting unit for detecting whether notification information is included in a reception signal having the frequency detected by the frequency detecting unit; an acquiring unit for acquiring a district code from the notification information detected by the information detecting unit; and a district code changing unit for setting the acquired district code as a district code of said each of the terminals.