PROGRAM GUIDE INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD, PROGRAM GUIDING METHOD SUITABLE THERETO AND PROGRAM GUIDING APPARATUS

摘要

PURPOSE: A program guiding apparatus is provided to smoothly conduct an interface with a user by acquiring the information of a channel having a progressively less priority. CONSTITUTION: The program guiding apparatus comprises: a tuner (50) for selecting a channel; a program guide information detector (54) for extracting a program guide information inputted through the tuner; a memory (56) for storing a program guide information of each channel detected in the detector; a key input part (58) for receiving a user operation command; a microprocessor (60) for drawing a program list on the basis of the program guide information stored in the memory in response to the operation command, the microprocessor being programmed to search an accessible channel controlling the tuner by a background operation while the user refers to the program list; and a character signal generating part (62) for generating a character signal corresponding to the program list drawn in the microprocessor to provide the character signal to a screen.