Digital broadcast receiver and method of controlling reception of digital broadcasts

A digital broadcast receiver comprising:

• a first receiver unit receiving a certain channel of program from a multichannel digital broadcast under a state of normal viewing;
• a first decoder decoding an encoded signal of the digital broadcast received by said first receiver unit and outputting the decoded signal as a signal for viewing;
• a second receiver unit receiving the digital broadcast in said certain channel from said multichannel digital broadcast under said state of normal viewing;
• and
• a second decoder decoding the encoded signal of the digital broadcast received by said second receiver unit and outputting the decoded signal as a signal for recording,
• wherein the first and second decoders are tuned to the same program from the state of normal viewing, and, upon receiving a request, the first decoder is assigned to the output for viewing, and the second decoder is assigned to the output for recording.

A method of controlling reception of a digital broadcast by a digital broadcast receiver having first reception means for receiving a certain channel of program from a multichannel digital broadcast under a state of normal viewing, first decoding means for decoding an encoded signal of the digital broadcast received by said first reception means and for outputting the decoded signal as a signal for viewing, second reception means for receiving the digital broadcast in said certain channel from said multichannel digital broadcast under said state of normal viewing, and second decoding means for decoding the encoded signal of the digital broadcast received by said second reception means and for outputting the decoded signal as a signal for recording, said method comprising the steps of:

• fixing output of said signal for recording in a case where a recording instruction for recording said signal for recording outputted from said second decoding means is issued under said state of normal viewing;
• and
• switching the program received by said first receiver unit based on a switching instruction in a case where the output of said signal for recording is fixed and said switching instruction for switching said signal for viewing outputted from said first decoding means is issued,
• wherein the first and second decoding means are tuned to the same program from the state of normal viewing, and, upon receiving a request, the first decoding means is assigned to the output for viewing, and the second decoding means is assigned to the output for recording.