Tuner control apparatus having tune-by-label capability.

摘要

A tuning system is provided which allows a user to enter (116,118) text labels associated with respective channels or television programs to be tuned so that. thereafter, a channel or program to be tuned may be selected by the user oy entering its label. Scheduling of television programs by label is also provided by storing time-related data as well as channel-related data and associating these data for each television program with a user-entered label.