Patent ID: 7885621

Claim:
A receiver comprising: a first receiving unit and a second receiving unit for receiving a signal; a combining unit for combining signals output from the first receiving unit and the second receiving unit; a first receiving quality detector for determining a quality of a signal output from the combining unit; a second receiving quality detector connected before the combining unit, the second receiving quality detector determining whether or not at least one of the signals output from the first receiving unit and the second receiving unit contains a synchronizing signal; and a controller for, in response to a determination result of the first receiving quality detector, switching between a single receiving mode in which at least one of the first receiving unit and the second receiving unit receives the signal and a diversity receiving mode in which both the first receiving unit and the second receiving unit receive the signal, wherein the controller is operable to allow the first receiving unit and the second receiving unit to operate in the single receiving mode if the second receiving quality detector determines that the at least one of the signals does not contain the synchronizing signal regardless of the determination result of the first receiving quality detector.