METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC RECORDING OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS AFTER SELECTION FROM VIDEOTEXT PROGRAM PANELS

摘要

1. Method for automatically recording television programmes using a video recording device which is equipped with a television receiving part, a timing device for automatically triggering recording, a data memory for the switch-on times and programme types and a signal generator for converting data into video signals, a broadcast videotex decoder being installed in the video recording device, said decoder decoding the programme data contained in the vertical blanking interval of the received television signal, the decoded programme data being converted into video signals via the signal generator contained in the video recording device, said video signals being played back on a television receiver connected to said video recording device, the individual programme contributions represented in the scope of a programme table on the television screen for the purpose of user guidance are presented successively by a first electro-optical marker, the electro-optical marker moving at manually selectable or predetermined time intervals from programme contribution to programme contribution and in this respect presenting in chronological sequence the programme of interest in chronological sequence the programme of interest in individual positions, by triggering a memory function, the programme contribution presented by the electro-optical marker being stored with all the data necessary for the automatic recording and the alphanumeric representation in the memory of the video recorder, and after storage of the selected programme contribution in the memory of the video recorder, the storage being acknowledged to the user, characterized in that the storage of the selected programme contribution is acknowledged to the user by means of the fact that the selected programme contribution within the programme table represented on the television screen is provided with a second electro-optical marker, and when the available recording capacity of the inserted recording cassette is exceeded, the corresponding programme contributions exceeding the capacity are highlighted by a further electro-optical marker with the representation on the television screen.