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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2016
Jvc Kenwood Corporation, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
JVC KENWOOD Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A receiving apparatus comprises an audio output unit, a volume operating unit outputting an operating value indicating a volume level of the audio according to a user operation, a lock controller switching between a non-locked state in which the volume level of the audio can be varied and a locked state in which the volume level is fixed, and a volume controller causing the audio output unit to output the audio having a volume level corresponding to the operating value in the non-locked state and the audio having a volume level corresponding to the lock value in the locked state, and switching the locked state to the non-locked state for a period of time on turning on a predetermined operating part and updating the lock value with the operating value, and switching the non-locked state to the locked state on turning off the predetermined operating part.