Vehicle-mounted record medium reproducing apparatus

A vehicle-mounted record medium reproducing apparatus with a personal computer function, comprising:

• a control panel tiltable manually through a tilting link mechanism and placed in a front surface of a reproducing apparatus body to cover a record medium insertion opening of said reproducing apparatus body, with a record medium being controlled so as to be automatically ejected from said reproducing apparatus body when said control panel is tilted to a deepest tilting position;
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• at least one key member having a predetermined function and placed on said control panel in said front surface of said reproducing apparatus body, said key member being a key selected from a group consisting of a start key for operating said personal computer function, including a fixed section and an input section positioned to be recessed from said fixed position, and a Mayday key for issuing information on the occurrence of an emergency situation and located at a recess position of a body case of said control panel.

A vehicle-mounted record medium reproducing apparatus in which a supporting plate is tiltable to cover a record medium insertion opening in a front surface of a reproducing apparatus body and a control panel is detachably fitted through a connecting member to said supporting plate, said connecting member being releasable from its connecting condition only when said supporting plate is moved to a connection release enabling position, wherein said connection release enabling position is a position at which said control panel stands up.

A vehicle-mounted record medium reproducing apparatus in which a supporting plate is tiltable to cover a record medium insertion opening in a front surface of a reproducing apparatus body and a control panel is detachably fitted through a connecting member to said supporting plate, said connecting member being releasable from its connecting condition only when said supporting plate is moved to a connection release enabling position, wherein said connecting member is comprised of a claw member placed on said supporting plate to detachably engage said control panel and a release lever for biasing said claw member provided on said reproducing apparatus body in a detaching direction, and said release lever biases said claw member in said detaching direction only when said supporting plate is moved to said connection release enabling position and a claw member release key on said control panel is pressed.