Tray carry-out method for disc changer device
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsTakuto Yamazaki, Yukio Morioka, Osamu Ataguchi
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Abstract
The tray carry-out method for a disc changer device, comprising, while transporting the tray from a recording/reproducing position to a stand-by position by driving the first motor, starting to drive the second motor for bringing a tray driving gear unit into a tray simultaneously transportable state, and upon completion of the transport of the tray to the stand-by position, with the tray driving gear unit being set to the tray simultaneously transportable state, starting to drive the second motor to carry out the tray from the stand-by position to an exchange position.
Claims12
A tray carry-out method for a disc changer device, wherein the disc changer device have a first motor and a second motor, the first motor generating a driving force for transporting a tray between a stand-by position where a plurality of trays are housed and a disc recording/reproducing position where a recording/reproducing operation is carried out on a disc on the tray selected from the plurality of trays, and the second motor generating a driving force for bringing a tray driving gear unit capable of individually transporting the respective trays into a tray simultaneously transportable state, as well as for transporting the tray between the stand-by position and a disc exchange position where the disc on the tray is exchanged, the method comprising;
- while transporting the tray from the disc recording/reproducing position to the stand-by position by driving the first motor, starting to drive the second motor for bringing the tray driving gear unit into the tray simultaneously transportable state;
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- upon completion of the transport of the tray to the stand-by position, with the tray driving gear unit being set to the tray simultaneously transportable state, starting to drive the second motor to carry out the tray from the stand-by position to the disc exchange position.
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