Method of controlling reservation program by using settop box and the settop box

Abstract

A method of controlling a television in which a reservation program is registered by a settop box, and the settop box. The method includes the steps of: detecting program guide information from a video signal received by the settop box in response to a user's request for a display of the program guide information, and displaying the program guide information on a monitor of a television connected to the settop box; checking a viewing time of the reservation program; if a present time is the viewing time of the reservation program, turning on the settop box; turning on the television by using communication ports of the settop box and the television; and displaying the reservation program received through the settop box on the television monitor.

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