Patent ID: 7777818

Claim:
A receiving apparatus, comprising: an antenna controller portion which determines a set-up parameters for setting up an antenna, wherein said antenna receives broadcasting signals having audio signals and video signals; a tuner which tunes in a plurality of selected channels of broadcasting signals, among said broadcasting signals received by said antenna; a signal quality information obtaining portion, which obtains signal quality information for each of said plurality of selected channels of broadcasting signals tuned by said tuner; a memory which memorizes said signal quality information for each of said plurality of selected channels of broadcasting signals; and a controller which controls said antenna controller portion, said tuner, said signal quality information obtaining portion and said memory; wherein when conducting a channel search, said controller controls said antenna controller portion, said tuner, said signal quality information obtaining portion and said memory such that after said antenna controller portion determines a first set-up parameter, said signal quality information obtaining portion obtains signal quality information for each of said plurality of selected channels under said first set-up parameter, and stores into said memory said signal quality information for each of said plurality of selected channels obtained under said first set-up parameter, and such that after said antenna controller portion determines a second set-up parameter, said signal quality information obtaining portion obtains signal quality information for each of said plurality of selected channels under said second set-up parameter, and stores into said memory said signal quality information for each of said plurality of selected channels obtained under said second set-up parameter.