In one or more embodiments, the tuner 200 may be implemented by an RF receiver as a system or chipset within and/or connected to a device such as a set-top box (STB) device, television (TV) device, digital TV (DTV) device, high-definition TV (HDTV) device, direct broadcast satellite TV (DBS) device, video on-demand (VOD) device, Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) device, Web TV device, digital video reco