Method and apparatus for auto-tuning of a radio fm-receiver
First Claim
1. Method of auto-tuning a radio FM-receiver by scanning the receiver frequency band until a FM signal is received meeting critera for identifying the signal as being of a predetermined quality, particularly coming from a valid FM station, characterized in that at least during tuning it is permanently established whether or nor the FM signal meets the criteria, whereafter the results thereof are read a predetermined number of times, and the FM signal is only stored if at least most of the times the criteria are met.
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Abstract
In a method of auto-tuning a radio FM-receiver the receiver frequency band is scanned until a FM signal is received meeting criteria for identifying the signal as being of a predetermined quality, particularly coming from a valid FM station. At least during tuning it is permanently established whether or nor the FM signal meets the criteria, whereafter the results thereof are read a predetermined number of times, and the FM signal is only stored if at least most of these times the criteria are met. Particularly, the results are read 10 times and the FM signal is only stored if at least 8 times thereof the criteria are met.
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- 1. Method of auto-tuning a radio FM-receiver by scanning the receiver frequency band until a FM signal is received meeting critera for identifying the signal as being of a predetermined quality, particularly coming from a valid FM station, characterized in that at least during tuning it is permanently established whether or nor the FM signal meets the criteria, whereafter the results thereof are read a predetermined number of times, and the FM signal is only stored if at least most of the times the criteria are met.
- 3. Auto tuning device with means to register whether or not a FM signal, received in a radio FM receiver, meets criteria for identifying the signal as being of a predetermined quality, particularly coming from a valid FM station, and counting means to register in an interval of a predetermined number of times that is registered whether or not the FM signal meets the criteria, the number of times the FM signal meets the criteria.
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