JPH05260404A - Television receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a reason why an item cannot be selected by outputting message and advice information of a selection disable item onto a screen when the selection disable item is selected on a menu pattern. CONSTITUTION:A memory 20 stores a message and/or its advice information as to a reason why a selection disable items is not selected. The user selects a menu pattern and selects an item to be executed by moving a cursor. When a selected item is a selection disable item, a reason why the selection is disable is read from the memory 20 under the control of a control section 6 and displays on a screen of a cathode ray tube 13. Since the message or the advice information why the selected function cannot be executed is outputted on the screen and the reason is made clear, a care about such as out of order is not paid even when the function is not executed. Furthermore, the user allows correct operation according to the message or the advice information on the screen.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a television receiver having a message display function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today's television receivers have increased the functions corresponding to each media as the number of media has increased, and users can operate various functions to enable the television receiver in the best condition. It is becoming possible to use. How to select the function to operate,
Functions can be selected in various ways, such as by using the input keys on the operation unit provided on the remote commander or television receiver, or by operating the cursor on the menu screen displayed on the screen. It has become.

[0003]

However, for example, it is impossible to change the setting of the BS broadcast while watching the terrestrial broadcast or the video input channel, and when such an operation is actually performed. Function is not executed, and a message is displayed on the screen saying that the function you tried to execute is not selectable item in the current mode. Why is it impossible to select it? It's not clear, and it's causing confusion as users think it's a malfunction.

[0004]

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and provides a memory for storing a message indicating why an unselectable item cannot be selected and / or advice information thereof. , When an unselectable item is selected in the operation status on the menu screen,
It is configured to display a message or advice information for the non-selectable item why the selected function is not executed.

[0005]

[Function] When the user selects an item that cannot be selected, a message indicating why the selected function is not executed or advice information is output on the screen, and the reason is clear. Therefore, even if the function is not executed, For example, you no longer have to worry that it might be a malfunction, and you will be able to perform correct operations according to the messages and advice information on the screen.

[0006]

Embodiments of the television receiver of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the television receiver of this embodiment. 1 is a U / V tuner for selecting terrestrial broadcasting, 2 is a BS tuner for selecting satellite broadcasting, 3 is an intermediate frequency amplifier, 4 is a video deck connected to an external input terminal, and 5 is a switch SW. The video signals from the U / V tuner 1, the BS tuner 2, and the video deck 3 that are input are input, various processes such as color signal separation, color difference signal formation, and sync signal extraction are performed, and the RGB signals are CRT ( A video signal processing unit 6 supplied to the cathode ray tube 13 indicates a control unit, which controls each of the functional circuits via a control bus CB, or an operation key of the operation unit 7 or a remote commander RC to an infrared light receiving unit 8. Based on the operation signal input and demodulated by the demodulation unit 9, the broadcast channel is selected and the volume is increased / decreased.

Reference numeral 10 is a character generator for forming various character / graphic information and a menu screen for operating functions, and 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes an on-screen disc play, and 12 denotes a synthesizing circuit for synthesizing the character / graphic information from the on-screen disc play 11 and the video signal from the video signal processing unit 4.

Reference numeral 20 designates a memory in which a message or advice information as to why an unselectable item cannot be selected is stored. The television receiver of the present embodiment is provided with the circuit block shown in FIG. 1 so that a normal operation such as turning on / off of a power source is performed.

Next, the flow of processing when outputting a message or advice information for an unselectable item on the screen will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First,
The user selects the menu screen (F10) and moves the cursor to select the item to be executed (F2).
0). If the selected item is not an unselectable item, the item can be executed as usual (F30). If the selected item is an unselectable item, the reason why the item cannot be selected is displayed on the screen (F40).

Next, some examples of messages output on the screen will be described. When selecting terrestrial broadcasting or external input, select items such as independent audio selection and antenna level that can be selected only when BS broadcasting is selected. For example, "You can only select when BS is selected. ”Is output.

If terrestrial broadcasting is selected and a dual audio item is selected while watching a program other than bilingual broadcasting, for example, a message saying "currently not bilingual broadcasting" is output. To If you select an item that can be selected only for terrestrial broadcasting such as auto-stereo or CATV when satellite broadcasting or external input is selected, for example, a message stating "You cannot select when external input or BS broadcasting" is displayed. Output it. When an item such as dual audio, channel setting, channel display rewriting, etc. is selected while selecting an external input channel, a message saying "Cannot select when external input" is output.

If there is no independent audio program while BS broadcasting is selected, if independent audio is selected, for example, a message "There is no independent broadcasting at present" is output, or a message other than a message for unselectable items is selected. Also regarding, when the time of the timer built in the television receiver of the present embodiment is not set, the time display,
When an item such as BS recording / program reservation is selected, it is possible to output advice information, for example, "please set the time first".

FIGS. 3 (1) to 3 (4) are explanatory views when the above-described message and advice information are output on the screen. In the figure, M is a menu of selection items, C is a cursor that points to the selected item, and the item to be selected can be changed up and down by the user's operation. The message and the advice information are output in the range of D and D ′ surrounded by the broken line.

FIG. 3 (1) is a diagram showing a case where the menu screen for selecting an item is called and a sound selecting item is selected from the range items of the menu M when the terrestrial broadcasting is selected. However, in this case, the message "You can select only when BS is selected" is output to the area D on the lower left side of the screen.

FIG. 3B shows a case where, for example, a CATV item is selected when the BS broadcast is selected, as in the case of FIG. 3A, but in this case, the range of D is also selected. "A message cannot be selected at the time of video input or BS broadcasting" is output to.

FIG. 3 (3) is a diagram when the item of BS recording / program reservation setting is selected when the time is not set in the clock built in the television receiver of this embodiment. However, similar to the case of FIGS. 3 (1) and 3 (2), a message to the effect that "please set the time first" is output in the range of D.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3 (4),
A message for an unselectable item may be output to the upper left D'range on the screen. In this way
When the current non-selectable item is selected with the cursor on the menu screen, a message or advice information is output on the screen, and the reason why the item cannot be selected can be clarified.

[0018]

As described above, in the television receiver of the present invention, when an unselectable item is selected on the menu screen, a message and advice information for the unselectable item can be output on the screen. So, in that situation, the reason why the item cannot be selected becomes clear, and the user can perform the correct operation by seeing the message output on the screen without looking at the instruction manual. . Moreover, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to worry that the selected item may be broken even if it is not executed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a television receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing processing when a message is output.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an output message.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 U / V tuner 2 BS tuner 3 VCR 6 Control unit 20 Memory

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A television receiver having a message display function is provided with a memory for storing a message indicating a reason why an unselectable item cannot be selected and / or advice information thereof, and is not selectable in an operating condition on a menu screen. A television receiver characterized in that, when an item is selected, a message indicating why the unselectable item cannot be selected and / or advice information thereof is displayed on the screen.