A signal receiver which receives an optical signal from a remote control
includes a light guide for guiding a light passing through a front panel
window toward a photodetector mounted on a circuit board. The light guide
is made of a homogeneous material. A light guiding portion of the light
guide extending from an entrance end to an exit end has a substantially
circular cross section and is curved gently, not angularly. The exit end
is configured to have a concave surface which is coaxial with the axes of
both the cross section of the light guiding portion and a light-receptive
portion of the photodetector. The exit end is disposed adjacent and
opposite to the light-receptive portion.