Patent ID: 7953381

Claim:
A radio receiving apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a radio receiver for receiving a radio broadcast signal at a predetermined reception frequency; a storage device for storing sound information contained in the received broadcast signal; a playback device for playing back the stored sound information from a predetermined playback position; a manual switching device for manually changing the reception frequency; an auto switching device for automatically changing the reception frequency when a predetermined condition is met; a determination device for determining whether the reception frequency is changed, the determination device determining whether the change of the reception frequency is caused by the manual switching device or by the auto switching device upon determination that the reception frequency is changed; a storage controller for causing the storage device to continue storing the sound information when the determination device determines that the reception frequency is changed by the auto switching device, and a playback position controller for setting the playback position, wherein when the determination device determines that the reception frequency is changed by the manual switching device, the playback position controller sets the playback position to a position corresponding to when the change of the reception frequency is completed.