AUTOMATIC CHANNEL SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A television system ( 10 ) and method for channel searching are provided. A television ( 10 ) includes an off mode and a normal viewing mode. The television has a setup module ( 24 ) responsive to a trigger event. The setup module ( 24 ) automatically searches a channel listing from an input signal to provide channel assignments for the television system independently of user supervision. This is provided in such a way that an automatic channel search is performed when the television is in the off mode or is run in the background so that the user is unaware of the automatic channel search during viewing mode.