Broadcast receiver with selectively storing channel and antenna information

A broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcasting of a prescribed channel transmitted from a broadcasting station by a directivity switching antenna capable of switching directivity to a plurality of preset directions, the broadcast receiver comprising:

• a control unit for controlling the directivity switching antenna to switch a directive direction;
• a memory for storing channel information showing the prescribed channel and direction information showing the directive direction of the directivity switching antenna;
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• an instructing unit for allowing a user to instruct the prescribed channel to be set as a receiving channel, wherein when the user instructs the instructing unit to set the prescribed channel as the receiving channel, the control unit stores only the channel information of the prescribed channel in the memory;
• wherein the control unit is configured to control the directive direction based on the direction information in a case that the direction information is stored in the memory, and is configured to control the directive direction rapidly in a case that the direction information is not stored in the memory.

A broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcasting of a prescribed channel transmitted from a broadcasting station by a directivity switching antenna capable of switching directivity to a plurality of preset directions, the broadcast receiver comprising:

• a control unit for controlling the directivity switching antenna to switch a directive direction;
• a memory for storing channel information showing the prescribed channel and direction information showing the directive direction of the directivity switching antenna;
• an instructing unit for allowing a user to instruct the prescribed channel to be set as a receiving channel;
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• an inquiring and instructing unit for allowing the user to inquire and instruct whether or not the direction information of the directivity switching antenna is stored;
• wherein when the user instructs the instructing unit instructs to set the prescribed channel as the receiving channel and the user instructs the inquiring and instructing unit to store the direction information of the directivity switching antenna, the control unit correlates the channel information of the prescribed channel with the direction information of the directivity switching antenna and stores the correlated information in the memory, and
• when the user instructs the instructing unit to set the prescribed channel as the receiving channel and the user instructs the inquiring and instructing unit instructs not to store the direction information of the directivity switching antenna, the control unit stores only the channel information of the prescribed channel in the memory;
• wherein the control unit is configured to control the directive direction based on the direction information in a case that the direction information is stored in the memory, and is configured to control the directive direction rapidly in a case that the direction information is not stored in the memory.