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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 1990
Filed:
May. 30, 1989
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A modular television apparatus including a video display module, a tuner module, and a power supply module, the modules being releasably combinable in a variety of combinations. The tuner module is provided with a switch for controlling a supply of power supply voltage from the power supply module to the remaining modules. The tuner module has a casing including an elongated recess into which a telescopic antenna can be stored, the recess conforming to the shape of the antenna. Switches are disposed within the recess, some of the switches having an exposed surface that conforms to the contour of the recess. The video display module is provided with a circuit for controlling the supply of power to other circuits according to detection of input of audio/video signals to the display modules.