Patent ID: 7457514

Claim:
A television apparatus comprising: 1) an optical disk device that records and reproduces an optical disk and having: a control unit for controlling the recording and reproducing operations; and a power source having a transducer for supplying electric power to parts provided in the optical disk device; 2) a television unit that receives and reproduces a television broadcasting signal and having: a control unit for controlling the reproducing operation and entire part of the television unit; and a power source for supplying electric power to parts provided in the television unit; and 3) a casing that accommodates the optical disk device and the television unit, wherein the television apparatus further comprising an electric power supply stopping unit that detects a stand-by mode in accordance with a start control signal outputted to the control unit in the optical disk from the control unit in the television unit, and stops the supply of the electric power to a primary side of the transducer of the power source in the optical disk device in the stand-by mode, wherein the power source in the television unit starts to supply the electric power to the control unit in the optical disk device when the electric power supply stopping unit stops the supply of the electric power to the primary side of the transducer, and wherein the control unit in the optical disk performs a low frequency oscillation when the electric power is supplied when in the stand-by mode.