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US 6,289,170 B1Granted
Video device with an electronic program guide decoder
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKae Nagano, Noboru Motoyoshi, Tomoyuki Hanai, Kenji Hamamoto
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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKae Nagano, Noboru Motoyoshi, Tomoyuki Hanai, Kenji Hamamoto
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A reproducing device provided with at least a reproduction apparatus and a decoding apparatus with decoding transmitted electronic program guide data is provided, and includes a switcher for switching between an antenna received signal and an internally generated signal, and a channel switcher for switching a channel of a display apparatus. When an electronic program guide display request is made, the switcher is automatically switched to the internally generated signal, which is then output on a predetermined channel having a predetermined frequency. Additionally, the channel of the display apparatus to which the internally generated signal is applied is also automatically switched to the predetermined channel number having the predetermined frequency by the channel switcher thus to allow for the display of the electronic program guide. The invention is similarly applicable to a reproduction device also having a recording feature.
In a reproducing device provided with at least reproducing means and decoding means for decoding transmitted electronic program guide data, a reproducing device comprising:
A recording/reproducing device provided with at least reproducing means and decoding means for decoding transmitted electronic program guide data, comprising:
A reproducing method in a reproducing device provided with at least a reproducing means for reproducing data and decoding means for decoding transmitted electronic program guide data, comprising the steps of:
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