Patent attributes
An television apparatus embedded with an optical disk device includes a television unit having a microcomputer for a television and a power source for a television and an optical disk unit having a microcomputer for an optical disk, a power source for the optical disk and an oscillation stop controller. When the output of a start signal from the microcomputer for the television is stopped, the oscillation stop controller detects that the output of the start signal is stopped to stop the supply of electric power to a primary side power source of the power source for the optical disk. The power source for the television supplies the electric power to the microcomputer for the optical disk in place of the power source for the optical disk in accordance with a control signal from the microcomputer for the television.
