Abstract: A control unit displays broadcasting received by a TV tuner unit on a display unit, and executes telop display of displaying character information such as a received electronic mail, etc. together with an image of the broadcasting. If the image display direction is a longitudinal display, a width of a display area of the character information is smaller than that in a case of a lateral display. In other words, in the longitudinal display, the number of characters displayed is smaller than that in the lateral display. For this reason, if the image display direction is the longitudinal display, the control unit makes the moving speed of the displayed characters relatively lower than that in the lateral display.

Abstract: In a mobile terminal having an automatic startup mode of a television signal receiving function using a timer, startup is properly controlled in consideration of remaining battery capacity to thereby prevent an occurrence of unexpected lack of battery capacity. In a state where an alarm mode using a television broadcast or an FM broadcast has been set, a control unit makes low voltage determination of a battery at a time point when a time has been up. When an output voltage value of the battery is lower than a threshold, the control unit outputs an alarm sound from a speaker instead of starting up a TV receiver and causes a display to display a low voltage message.

Abstract: A control unit displays broadcasting received by a TV tuner unit on a display unit, and executes telop display of displaying character information such as a received electronic mail, etc. together with an image of the broadcasting. If the image display direction is a longitudinal display, a width of a display area of the character information is smaller than that in a case of a lateral display. In other words, in the longitudinal display, the number of characters displayed is smaller than that in the lateral display. For this reason, if the image display direction is the longitudinal display, the control unit makes the moving speed of the displayed characters relatively lower than that in the lateral display.

Abstract: In a mobile terminal having an automatic startup mode of a television signal receiving function using a timer, startup is properly controlled in consideration of remaining battery capacity to thereby prevent an occurrence of unexpected lack of battery capacity. In a state where an alarm mode using a television broadcast or an FM broadcast has been set, a control unit makes low voltage determination of a battery at a time point when a time has been up. When an output voltage value of the battery is lower than a threshold, the control unit outputs an alarm sound from a speaker instead of starting up a TV receiver and causes a display to display a low voltage message.