Apparatus and method for controlling recording operation for video cassette recorder having digital tuner

摘要

An apparatus and a method for controlling a recording operation for a video cassette recorder system (122,124) having a digital tuner (102), prevent broadcast signals from being combined with menu screen data when a GUI is activated in the course of a watching and a recording operations. The apparatus and the method check whether the GUI is activated (120), and then performs an automatic switching operation (110,114) so as to record the broadcast signals before menu screen data generated from the GUI are combined with the broadcast signals if the GUI is activated. Therefore, the apparatus and the method basically prevents the menu screen data from being combined with the broadcast signals.