Abstract: In a digital broadcast reception apparatus, a presetting operation is carried out and, when the presetting operation is carried out, a normal reception of a broadcast signal on a channel, which can be received in an area in which the apparatus is installed, and the normal reception of which cannot be found in the event that a gain in a gain switching amplifier is of an initial value, is made possible by a switching and setting of a gain in each VGA 3, 5a and 5b being carried out by means of a control circuit 9 or an operating unit 11.

Abstract: The present invention provides a television receiver capable of automatically identifying the kind of a tuner and controlling the tuner in accordance with the kind. In a television receiver having a tuner for receiving a television broadcast signal and a module for detecting an intermediate frequency signal output from the tuner while controlling the tuner and outputting a video signal and an audio signal, the tuner is provided with a circuit for changing predetermined output information which is output from the tuner in accordance with the kind of the tuner, and information indicative of correspondence relation between the predetermined output information and the kind of the tuner is stored in a memory. By collating the predetermined output information output from the tuner with the information stored in the memory at the power on, the kind of the tuner is identified and, according to the kind, the module is allowed to control the tuner.

Abstract: After judgment that timer reservation has been set, upon judgment that a channel, a scheduled broadcast date, broadcast start time, and broadcast end time included in the EPG information respectively agree with a channel, a recording reservation date, recording start time, and recording end time included in recording reservation information, agreement information is displayed on a display device. On the other hand, upon judgment that any of them do not agree with each other, disagreement information is displayed on the display device. After the agreement information is displayed on the display device, a replacement from recording reservation through timer reservation for the desired program to recording reservation based on electronic program guide information is made for the desired program.

Abstract: After judgment that timer reservation has been set, upon judgment that a channel, a scheduled broadcast date, broadcast start time, and broadcast end time included in the EPG information respectively agree with a channel, a recording reservation date, recording start time, and recording end time included in recording reservation information, agreement information is displayed on a display device. On the other hand, upon judgment that any of them do not agree with each other, disagreement information is displayed on the display device. After the agreement information is displayed on the display device, a replacement from recording reservation through timer reservation for the desired program to recording reservation based on electronic program guide information is made for the desired program.

Abstract: In a digital broadcast reception apparatus, a presetting operation is carried out and, when the presetting operation is carried out, a normal reception of a broadcast signal on a channel, which can be received in an area in which the apparatus is installed, and the normal reception of which cannot be found in the event that a gain in a gain switching amplifier is of an initial value, is made possible by a switching and setting of a gain in each VGA 3, 5a and 5b being carried out by means of a control circuit 9 or an operating unit 11.

Abstract: The present invention provides a television receiver capable of automatically identifying the kind of a tuner and controlling the tuner in accordance with the kind. In a television receiver having a tuner for receiving a television broadcast signal and a module for detecting an intermediate frequency signal output from the tuner while controlling the tuner and outputting a video signal and an audio signal, the tuner is provided with a circuit for changing predetermined output information which is output from the tuner in accordance with the kind of the tuner, and information indicative of correspondence relation between the predetermined output information and the kind of the tuner is stored in a memory. By collating the predetermined output information output from the tuner with the information stored in the memory at the power on, the kind of the tuner is identified and, according to the kind, the module is allowed to control the tuner.