Multimedia device and method for controlling the same

A multimedia device and a control method are disclosed. When the first signal is received from the display unit, and a remote controller of the multimedia device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the output video data, and a control unit for outputting the menu bar on the video data, the menu bar the channel specified as the preferred channel groups plurality of icons, and a particular user associated with the specified time later in the viewing history channel preset number or higher to run the application, recommend content that history, like the application and at least one of the featured channels and the control section includes an icon corresponding to the is, when the icon is selected corresponding to the specific user, based on the history the particular user with the multimedia device, the GUI associated with the particular function of the functions of the multimedia device and outputs it to the display unit.