Compact-disk player arrangement for reading out a table of contents after insertion of a compact disk

A method for reducing the time consumed by a compact-disk player to read out and enter data of a table of contents on a compact disk, comprising the steps:

• inserting a compact disk into a compact disk player;
• reading out said table of contents comprising a plurality of adjacent groups of data, each of said groups containing a plurality of blocks of data;
• entering at least part of said table of contents into memory;
• scanning said table of contents with a beam of light;
• diverting said beam of light to a first block in said table of contents from whatever block said beam happens by chance to be directed at upon beginning a read-out and entry process;
• and beginning reading and entering stored data commencing with said first block.

A method for reducing the time consumed by a compact-disk player to read out and enter data of a table of contents on a compact disk, comprising the steps:

• inserting a compact disk into a compact disk player;
• reading out said table of contents comprising a plurality of adjacent groups of data, each of said groups containing a plurality of blocks of data;
• entering at least part of said table of contents into memory;
• scanning said table of contents with a beam of light;
• reading out data in said table of contents commencing with a block that said beam of light happens by chance to be directed at upon beginning a read-out process and ending with the same block in a subsequent group;
• and entering into memory the read-out data.

A method for reducing the time consumed by a compact-disk player to read out and enter data of a table of contents on a compact disk, comprising the step:

• inserting a compact disk into a compact disk player;
• reading out said table of contents comprising a plurality of adjacent groups of data, each of said groups containing a plurality of blocks of data;
• entering at least part of said table of contents into memory;
• scanning said table of contents with a beam of light;
• reading out data in said table of contents beginning with a block that said beam of light happens by chance to be directed at upon beginning a read-out process and ending with a last block that has data to be entered;
• entering the read-out data into memory;
• diverting said beam of light from said last block to the first block;
• reading out and entering into memory data in said blocks by said beam of light from the first block through the block that said beam of light happens by chance to be directed at upon beginning said process.