| 摘要 |
<p>An EPG apparatus provided by the present invention displays information such as the status of connection of other equipment connected to the EPG apparatus on an EPG screen. A TV (21) detects the fact that a VTR (22) is connected thereto by communication through a digital signal control line (29). The TV (21) displays a character or an image indicating the fact that the VTR (22) is connected thereto on an EPG screen of a display unit (36) along with EPG data resulting from decoding by an EPG decoder (39) employed in the TV (21). While watching the EPG screen, the user is capable of selecting a broadcasted program received by a tuner (37) employed in the TV (21) or a program to be played back by the VTR (22). In addition, a video-recording reservation in the VTR (22) can be made.</p> |
