Set top terminal

• Main Authors: OZAWA; KAZUMASA, ISHIDA; TOAO, GANNYO; YOSHIMASA, SUZUKI; KAZUO, TAKEUCHI; HIROTOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.04.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; TRANSMISSION

A set top terminal of the present invention includes: a tuner unit for receiving a signal from an external input terminal and selecting a signal of a predetermined frequency; a signal processing unit for decoding the selected signal; a modulation unit for outputting a signal obtained by decoding the selected signal from an external output terminal; a control unit for controlling the tuner unit, the signal processing unit and the modulation unit; a power source unit for supplying power to the tuner unit, the signal processing unit, the modulation unit and the control unit, respectively; and a main board on which the tuner unit, the signal processing unit, the modulation unit and the control unit are placed, wherein the tuner unit, the signal processing unit, the modulation unit, the control unit and the power source unit are separate individual bodies.