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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2004
Yozo Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Otsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Oosuka, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Mizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yozo Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Otsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Oosuka, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Mizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An audio apparatus comprises a tuner for receiving broadcast waves; a digital reproducing unit; operation switches for operating the tuner and the digital reproducing unit; and a control unit for controlling the tuner and the digital reproducing unit in response to an operation of the operation means. In a first mode of operation, the control unit controls if an audio signal from the tuner is selected as a source such that the power of the digital reproducing unit is turned on, and wherein, in a second mode operation, the control unit controls if an audio signal from the tuner is selected as a source such that the power of the digital reproducing unit is turned off, alternatively if an audio signal from the digital reproducing unit is selected as a source, the power thereof is turned on.
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