Abstract: A receiver having a simple configuration for receiving and decoding digital broadcasts and outputting decoded data to an external device and moreover, decoding externally-input data and outputting decoded data to an external device. There are included a received-data demodulating device for receiving and demodulating digital broadcasts and generating a first clock in accordance with the digital broadcast and a clock generating device for generating a third clock by frequency-dividing a predetermined second clock. The first clock is used when the digital broadcast is received and decoded and the third clock is used when externally-inputted data is decoded.