The present invention provides a tuner apparatus operating as a common
tuner capable of receiving both satellite digital TV and terrestrial TV
broadcasting. A tuner configured, according to the invention operates as
follows. As the tuner apparatus receives satellite TV broadcasting,
intermediate-frequency signals SIF1 are supplied to its quadrature
detector circuit where the SIF1 signals are demodulated into baseband
signals SI and SQ by using oscillation signals supplied thereto from its
oscillator. As the tuner apparatus receives terrestrial TV or CATV
broadcasting, terrestrial TV or CATV broadcast wave signals are supplied
to its mixer circuit where these signals are frequency-converted into
intermediate-frequency signals SIF1 that fall within the bandwidth of the
satellite TV broadcasting SIF1 signals. The first intermediate-frequency
signals SIF1 are supplied to the quadrature detector circuit where the
SIF1 signals are frequency-converted into second SIF2 signals by using
oscillation signals supplied thereto from the oscillator.