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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1996
Naoyuki Kinebuchi, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a video tape recording device illustrated in the drawing, the microprocessor checks a label contained in either VPS or Teletext within a broadcasting signal of a channel specified in reference to the reservation data during waiting for a video recording in reservation mode and performs the video recording if the label is coincided with the reservation data. In the case that an instruction of time alignment of a timer is inputted, the channel transmitting the present time information in addition to the reservation channel is also tuned and the time of the timer is set by applying the present time information contained in the Teletext within the broadcasting signal. When the number of reserved programs is more than a predetermined number, the time information transmitting channel is not tuned even if the time alignment instruction is inputted, but only the specified channel is checked in reference to the reservation data. In this way, even if the video tape recorder waits for the video recording in reservation mode, the time alignment in the timer in the video tape recorder can be carried out by applying the present time information being transmitted in the broadcasting signal.