Reception control apparatus for a television receiver

Claim 1

A channel selection apparatus used for a television receiver, comprising: power means for providing power to the channel selection apparatus; input means for receiving channel selection data corresponding to a channel which the television receiver is currently receiving, and for outputting reception control data in accordance with the channel selection data; clock means for generating successive current time data; memory means for storing said reception control data supplied from the input means for a predetermined period together with a first one of said current time data corresponding to the predetermined period and to the reception control data to be stored; means for controlling the memory means for writing said reception control data and said corresponding time data to the memory means and for reading out from the memory means reception control data and time data corresponding to a second one of said current time data, said clock means generating the second current time data at a time when said power means begins to provide power to the channel selection apparatus; and output means responsive to the controlling means for receiving the reception control data read out from the memory means.