Patent ID: 7876915
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. An audio apparatus comprising: a tuner unit for receiving a broadcast; a digital reproducing unit; a line input unit; an operating unit; an amplifier unit; a switching unit which switches a signal sent to the amplifying unit between the tuner unit, the digital reproducing unit and the line input unit; and a control unit which switches between a first mode and a second mode in response to the selected signal sent to the amplifying unit and at least two predetermined user inputs of the operating unit, wherein, in the first mode when the tuner unit is selected by the switching unit, the power to the digital reproducing unit is on while the tuner unit receives the broadcast and sends the broadcast to the amplifier unit; and in the second mode when the tuner unit is selected by the switching unit, the power to the digital reproducing unit is off while the tuner unit receives the broadcast and sends the broadcast to the amplifier unit.