Patent ID: 8248540

Claim:
A broadcast signal receiving apparatus comprising: a reproducing-outputting portion reproducing and outputting, as a source, one of a plurality of broadcast signals and external input signals that are fed in; a state changing button receiving an operation for changing the source; and a memory storing a first state changing table in which an order in which to change the source is sequentially set with one of the external input signals as a first source, wherein, when the state changing button is operated, if a broadcast signal is being reproduced and outputted, the reproducing-outputting portion performs state change such that the external input signal set as the first source in the first state changing table is reproduced and outputted, wherein the memory further stores a unique list table in which the order in which to change the source can be set for a desired order, and wherein, when the unique list table is set, the reproducing-outputting portion performs state change by referring to the unique list table and, when the unique list table is not set, the reproducing-outputting portion performs state change by referring to the first state changing table.