Audible state indication for a television receiver

A television receiver including a circuit for audibly indicating at least one state of the television receiver, the circuit comprising:

• memory operative to store at least one audio file;
• and
• a controller coupled to the memory, the controller being operative, in response to a first control signal indicative of the television receiver receiving a power-on command, to forward the at least one audio file to an audio indicating device associated with the television receiver during a power-on interval of the television receiver for audibly indicating the at least one state of the television receiver.

An integrated circuit including at least one circuit for audibly indicating at least one state of a television receiver, the at least one circuit comprising:

• memory operative to store at least one audio file;
• and
• a controller coupled to the memory, the controller being operative, in response to a first control signal indicative of the television receiver receiving a power-on command, to forward the at least one audio file to an audio indicating device associated with the television receiver during a power-on interval of the television receiver for audibly indicating the at least one state of the television receiver.

A circuit for audibly indicating at least one state of a television receiver, the circuit comprising:

• memory operative to store at least one audio file;
• and
• a controller coupled to the memory, the controller being operative during a power-on interval of the television receiver to forward the at least one audio file to an audio indicating device associated with the television receiver for audibly indicating the at least one state of the television receiver without a need for extracting information from a broadcast television signal received by the television receiver.