Patent ID: 8483640

Claim:
A television broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: a PLL (Phase Lock Loop) unit outputting a frequency control signal for controlling a frequency of a local oscillation signal in a reception channel; a frequency conversion unit receiving said frequency control signal from said PLL unit and generating an intermediate frequency signal by using said local oscillation signal; a filter unit configured to be tuned to a frequency band of said intermediate frequency signal; a demodulation unit demodulating the intermediate frequency signal passed through said filter unit and outputting the demodulated signal; a demodulation lock detection unit detecting a lock state or an unlock state of said demodulation unit; an SN ratio measurement unit measuring an SN (Signal to Noise) ratio of said demodulated signal; and an operation unit controlling said PLL unit, wherein said operation unit determining the frequency of said local oscillation signal that renders said SN ratio favorable in a range corresponding to an occupied frequency bandwidth of said reception channel and, based on a result of the determination, changing said frequency control signal for said local oscillation signal that is output from said PLL unit, and from a result of the detection of said demodulation lock detection unit, said operation unit determines a transition probability from the lock state to the unlock state, and said operation unit selects an optimum setting of said SN ratio from frequencies of said local oscillation signal that provide respective transition probabilities falling within a predetermined range.