Patent ID: 6879349

Claim:
A broadcasting receiver comprising: an input unit for entering channel change instructions into the receiver; a receiving unit for receiving coded digital broadcasting signals transmitted by a broadcasting station accompanying audio signals of multiple languages; a signal extracting unit for extracting image signals, audio signals and control signals from the digital broadcasting signals received by the receiving unit; a decoding unit for decoding the image signals extracted by the signal extracting unit, and outputting the decoded signals to a display device connected to the receiver for displaying images; a memory for storing the control signals extracted by the signal extracting unit; an on-screen display (“OSD”) output unit for generating a specified OSD display on the display device; an audio signal processing unit for issuing audio output based on the audio signals to an audio output unit; and a control unit for controlling the abovementioned units including the input and output units and the memory, wherein the control unit executes: a process of preparing a priority language list by allowing the user to select broadcasting languages sequentially in the order of priority by using the input unit and storing it in the memory; a process of acquiring broadcasting language information broadcasted over a channel currently being received by referring to a VCT (Virtual Channel Table) acquired by analyzing the control signals extracted by the signal extracting unit either when the receiver is turned on or a channel change instruction is inputted by the user, or when a broadcast program is changed; and a process of automatically selecting a broadcasting language to be outputted by the audio output unit from the broadcasting language information based on the order of priority of the priority language list and transmitting signals concerning the broadcasting language to the audio signal processing unit.