Reproducing unit for recording medium
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSoichi Nagano, Kenji Miyasita
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Abstract
In a music-reproducing unit having readers for a plurality of recording mediums, information of a recording medium being reproduced now is indicated on a display, but information of recording mediums not being reproduced now is not indicated. It is therefore necessary for a user to perform an operation so that information of the desired recording medium may be indicated on the display at first and, after the information is indicated, designate a tune that the user wants to listen to. Reproducing operation takes a long time.
Claims6
A recording medium reproducing unit comprising:
- reading means for reading information of a recording medium in which visual information or audio information, technical information about reproduction of said visual information or audio information, and character information about said visual information or audio information are recorded;
- storing means for storing said technical information read out from said recording medium by said reading means when reproduction of said recording medium is not commanded;
- displaying means for displaying said character information read out from said recording medium by said reading means when reproduction of said recording medium is not commanded;
- controlling means for controlling operation of said reading means to read out visual information or audio information corresponding to said technical information from said recording medium on the basis of said technical information stored in said storing means when reproduction of the recording medium is commanded, and
- reproducing means for reproducing said visual information or audio information read out from said reading means through operation control by said controlling means for controlling operation.
A recording medium reproducing unit comprising:
- a plurality of recording medium readers capable of reading a recording medium in which music data, technical information about reproduction of said music data, and character information about said music data are recorded;
- a reproducing circuit having a memory for storing said technical information read by said recording medium readers from said recording mediums under the condition of not being reproduced, a central processing unit for reading out said music data on the basis of said technical information stored in said memory when said recording medium receives a reproduction command signal, and a D/A conversion circuit for outputting said read-out music data as an audio signal, and
- a display for indicating said character information read by said recording medium readers from said recording mediums under the condition of not being reproduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.