Bidirectional channel skipping tuner drive system with single pole programming switch

For use in a television tuning system in which a tuner channel selector is rotatable between a plurality of positions each corresponding to a broadcast channel, a tuner drive system including a bidirectional electric motor, means mechanically coupling said motor to said channel selector, initiate means responsive to viewer commands initiating channel selector rotation in a selected direction, carryover means activated by channel selector rotation for continuing said rotation in the selected direction until the next broadcast channel position is reached inactivating said carryover means, and skip means, mechanically coupled to said channel selector operative before said carryover means become inactivated causing said channel selector to pass through selected ones of said plurality of broadcast channel positions without stopping, said skip means comprising:

• a single pole switch;
• a plurality of camming means associated with each of said broadcast channel positions selectively positionable to engage said switch;
• and
• electrical latching means, responsive to said initiate means and said switch, maintaining channel selector rotation in the selected direction during the inactive period of said carryover means.