Patent ID: 8450880

Claim:
A broadcasting receiver comprising: a receiver body generating a video signal on the basis of a broadcast signal received by a broadcast signal receiving portion; a power supply portion supplying power to said receiver body; a power receptacle portion connected to said power supply portion and capable of being connected with a power plug of a plurality of types of peripheral devices for supplying power to said peripheral devices from said power supply portion; a switch portion for making a connection and disconnection between said power supply portion and said power receptacle portion; and a control portion controlling said receiver body, wherein said control portion determines whether or not it is necessary to supply power to said peripheral device connected to said power receptacle portion on the basis of a prescribed set information, and controls said switch portion to make a disconnection between said power supply portion and said power receptacle portion when having determined that it is not necessary to supply power to said peripheral device, said set information includes information about whether to make a connection or disconnection between said power supply portion and said power receptacle portion, the information being set with respect to each of preliminarily set plural modes of use of said broadcasting receiver and in response to types of said peripheral devices, wherein when a different peripheral device is connected to the power receptacle portion, it changes during which of the plural modes the power supply portion will be connected to the power receptacle portion to power the different peripheral device.