Remote controller for a multi-device television receiving system providing channel number auto-completion, presettable audio hush level and base channel auto-reaffirm

A portable remote controller method enabling a user to determine a preferred channel selection on a remotely controlled first television signal receiver comprising steps of:

• first manually entering a first data value representing at least a portion of the preferred channel selection as an intentional manual actuation of a numerical keybutton situated on the portable remote controller;
• initiating elapse of a first time interval concurrent with the intentional manual actuation;
• fully maintaining the intentional manual actuation to exceed the first time interval when the manual entry is meant as a single-digit channel selection and otherwise releasing the intentional actuation prior to expiration of the first time interval;
• automatically prefixing the first data value with a leading zero to produce a progeny signal comprising a plural digit channel selection data value when a measured duration of the intentional manual actuation transcends the first time interval;
• encoding a wireless command signal with the plural digit channel selection data value;
• dispatching the wireless command signal to at least the first television signal receiver;
• receiving the wireless command signal at the first television signal receiver;
• and,
• changing tuning of the first television signal receiver to a single digit channel selection corresponding with the plural digit channel selection data value.

A portable remote controller for determining a specific selection of a television channel on a remotely controlled first television signal tuning means and comprising:

• a handheld user-entry device;
• a keypad means portion of the handheld user-entry device including a plurality of keybutton means enabling a user to manually enter numerical digit values representing a specific channel selection;
• a timing means concurrently enabled by and running substantially concurrent with the maintained duration of the manual entry;
• a determinator means producing a first flag signal when the maintained duration of a first manual entry exceeds a finite time period determined by the timing means;
• a progeny signal gather means for adjoining the first manual entry with a second manual entry in absence of the first flag signal and usually prefixing a leading zero to the first manual entry in presence of the first flag signal;
• and,
• a first wireless sender means for first dispatching a gathered progeny signal as a wireless command signal to a remotely controlled first television signal tuning means.