RECEIVING CIRCUIT

A receiving circuit has an automatic level setting function for a background noise on the receiver side to generate a background noise free from incongruous aural sensation. This circuit is equipped with a voice/silence unit which detects whether a received signal is in a voice or a voiceless state, a signal level detection unit which detects the signal level of the received signal, a background noise unit which outputs a background noise, a selector which selects and outputs the received signal during the voiced period and the output signal of the background noise unit during the voiceless period, a level holding unit which holds the signal level output at the preceding sampling timing detected by the signal level detection unit, and a comparison unit which compares the present signal level output of the signal level detection unit and the preceding signal level output held in the holding unit, the background noise signal being thus obtained, by adding or subtracting a predetermined specified noise level to or from, or by giving any change to, the preceding background noise signal.