摘要 |
A video cassette recorder having a PIP function has an automatic PIP channel search method which during television viewing comprises the steps of setting the currently-viewed broadcast as a main screen, if a scan key is input when watching a TV channel, setting broadcasting channels excluding the channel set as the main screen as subscreens and displaying in turn the subscreen channels, and if the scan key signal is re-input, displaying only a specific channel broadcast on the main screen. During viewing a video tape the search method comprises the steps of setting a reproduced signal of a currently-viewed video tape as a main screen if a scan key is input when reproducing a video tape of said VTR, setting a plurality of stored broadcasting channels as subscreens and displaying in turn the subscreen channels, and if the scan key is re-input. displaying only the video tape signal on the main screen. The method can easily find which program is broadcast on a different channel by displaying a broadcasting channel besides the currently-viewed channel on the monitor in the PIP screen, using the scan key. <IMAGE> |