Patent ID: 7661122

Claim:
A method for initializing a cable card and a channel list, the method comprising: initializing the cable card and the channel list; selecting a menu button on a key input unit and inputting a menu guide list generation signal; and displaying a menu guide list screen composed of a plurality of predetermined menus; requesting a cable card re-initialization or a channel list re-initialization in accordance with a user input; and re-initializing the cable card or the channel list without reinsertion or on/off operation according to the cable card re-initialization request or the channel list re-initialization request, wherein the re-initializing the cable card comprises re-initializing the cable card according to a card re-initialization signal being generated if a menu for re-initializing the cable card is selected among the predetermined menus, and wherein the re-initializing the channel list comprises re-initializing the channel list according to a channel list re-initialization signal being generated if a menu for re-initializing the channel list is selected among the predetermined menus.