and channel selection system enable 108 the appropriate video receiver and the i o switching system switches the selected video channel through to the video circuitry and panel driver and the selected video is displayed 110 on the display panel the on screen menu system prompts 112 the user to select the audio component of the virtual channel in response the user selects 114 the audio content which he wishes to pair with the selected video content this pair is thus made into a u201c virtual channel u201d the i o control system and channel selection system enable 116 the appropriate audio receiver the i o switching system switches the selected audio channel through to the audio circuitry and audio amplifiers and the selected audio is output 118 or u201c played u201d via the loudspeakers the i o control system on screen menu system and or channel selection system may then create 120 a name and or number for the new virtual channel they may do this automatically or they may prompt the user to provide the name and or number this virtual channel information video channel audio channel name and number are stored 122 in the on screen menu system for subsequent reuse fig4 illustrates the a v system in use by the user particularly demonstrating one method whereby the user can select a virtual channel which he has previously defined the user has pulled up the on screen programming guide which the on screen menu system presents as an overlay on top of the video in one embodiment the virtual channel is inserted into the epg data.