Selectable on position for single closure control television receiver
AssigneeZenith Electronics Corporation
InventorSteven J. Vornsand
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Abstract
A television receiver system for a healthcare environment where the television receiver has provision for connection of a pendant control mechanism that houses a single switch for controlling the television receiver ON/OFF and tuning functions in a sequential manner and may also contain a pillow speaker and a volume control. The receiver tuning system comprises a cyclical sequence of individual positions for receiving television channels, radio signals and instructional channels, and a position for turning the television receiver OFF. Any position may be designated as the ON position to which the system tunes whenever it is activated, with the OFF position being designated as the position immediately below the ON position.
Claims7
A method of operating a television receiver system with a single switch closure control, the system having a cyclically arranged sequence of tuning positions that are individually accessible responsive to repeated operations of the single switch closure control, the sequence including an OFF position at which the television receiver system is deactivated, comprising:
- establishing any of the sequence of tuning positions as an ON position to which the television receiver is tuned whenever it is activated;
- and
- establishing the OFF position to be immediately below the established ON position.
A television receiver system comprising:
- a tuning arrangement having a sequence of cyclically arranged positions;
- a single switch closure control for sequentially selecting said positions of said tuning arrangement responsive to repeated actuations of said single switch closure control;
- means for establishing any of said positions as an ON position for said tuning arrangement when said television receiver is activated;
- and
- means for establishing the position immediately below said ON position as an OFF position for deactivating said television receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.