Television tuner unit having a small motherboard-mounted surface area

A television tuner unit comprising:

• a tuner that frequency-converts a received television signal into an intermediate-frequency signal;
• a video intermediate-frequency circuit that demodulates the intermediate-frequency signal and from which a video signal and an audio signal is output;
• and
• a conductive frame having first, second, third and fourth side plates that house the tuner and the video intermediate-frequency circuit, the first and second side plates facing each other,
• wherein an internal space of the frame is divided into a first region and a second region, the first region is disposed more proximate to the first side plate than the second side plate, the video intermediate-frequency circuit is provided in the first region and the tuner is provided in the second region,
• the third side plate contains a first portion forming the first region and a second portion forming the second region, a connector is provided at the second portion, the connector permitting the television signal to be input, and
• the first side plate has a plurality of terminals connected with the tuner and the video intermediate-frequency circuit.