Signal receiver

A signal receiver for displaying received broadcast electric waves including:

• a first memory for storing as a past record information representing whether the signal receiver was previously subjected to initial setup;
• an alarm device for alarming the necessity of initial setup of the signal receiver when the connection of a power source plug to an external power source is detected and no past record exists in the first memory, whereby a user can surely perform the initial setup;
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• a second memory for holding the initial setup frame displayed on a display device after a response to the alarm of said alarm device is received or at the same time when the alarm is made;
• a third memory for storing district codes and reception channel groups corresponding to the respective district codes as a district code comparative chart;
• and a tuner circuit with which when a district code is input on the initial setup frame, the reception channel group corresponding to the district code thus input is read out and a channel contained in the reception channel group thus read out is selected;
• wherein the district code comparative chart is designed to contain a code for stopping the tuning operation and/or a code for allowing the tuning operation through only the external input.

An electronic receiver having a plurality of programmable initial settings, comprising:

• a processing device for detecting the connection of a power source plug to an external power source;
• a controller for detecting whether the initial settings are programmed into the electronic receiver, which is activated by said processing device;
• an alarm, responsive to the controller, for notifying a user that the initial settings are not programmed into the electronic receiver;
• an activation device operatively associated with the alarm, and
• a guided menu for programming the initial settings into the electronic receiver, when the user responds to the alarm and the activation device.

A method for programming an electronic receiver having a plurality of initial settings, comprising:

• providing a processing device for detecting the connection of a power source plug to an external power source;
• detecting whether the initial settings are programmed into the electronic receiver, which is activated by said processing device;
• warning a user that the initial settings are not programmed into the electronic receiver;
• providing a user input device to be activated in response to the warning;
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• providing a guided menu for programming the initial settings into the electronic receiver, when the user responds to the warning and activates the input device.