Patent ID: 8923928

Claim:
An audio playback apparatus comprising: a headset, wearable by a user of the audio playback apparatus, the headset including speakers to output an audio signal; and circuitry within the headset, the circuitry including a broadcast reception circuit configured to receive a broadcast signal; a near field wireless communication circuit configured to communicate with a mobile terminal apparatus and receive a local audio signal from the mobile terminal apparatus; a switch that controllably switches an audio source for output between the broadcast signal and the local audio signal; a user interface configured to display an audio output mode of the audio playback apparatus, the audio output mode indicating the audio source for output by the audio playback apparatus, the audio source being one of the broadcast signal and the local audio signal; and receive a user input to select the audio output mode; control circuitry configured to control the switch to switch the audio source to be the broadcast signal when the user input indicates that the selected audio output mode is the broadcast signal; and control the switch to switch the audio source to be the local audio signal when the user input indicates that the selected audio output mode is the local audio signal; and a connection terminal configured to electrically connect said audio playback apparatus to an external device, wherein the headset outputs the audio source switched by the switch to the user.