Station selecting device in tuner for automatic selection according to input information
US5023938A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 15, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03J1/005
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A tuner having a programmable frequency divider which selects a broadcast station in accordance with a frequency division number, and a broadcast station selecting device. The selecting device includes an input device for inputting information representing a broadcast station; a memory means for storing information representing a plurality of broadcast stations and for storing frequency division numbers respectively corresponding to the stored information; and a control circuit for reading from the memory he stored frequency division number corresponding to the inputted information by the input device, and for supplying the read frequency division number to the programmable frequency divider so that the programmable frequency divider will select a broadcast station in accordance with the supplied frequency division number.
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