METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING SLEEP RESERVATOIN TIME

摘要

PURPOSE: A method and a device for setting a sleeping mode are provided to easily set the sleeping mode with an exclusive key of a remote controller without directly inputting sleeping mode operation time by utilizing the sleeping mode interlocked with electronic program guide (EPG) information. CONSTITUTION: A receiving unit (110) receives EPG information. A processor (120) extracts the finish time of each program and sets the finish time of a first program selected by a user among a plurality of the programs as a sleeping mode operation time of a video output device (100). [Reference numerals] (110) Receiving unit; (120) Processor; (130) Memory; (140) Output unit; (150) Clock; (160) Remote controller signal receiving unit