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Auto changer capable of recording/reproducing information signals on a selective disc-shaped recording medium

US5557590A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 1994
Grant dateSep 17, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2545
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing a disc-shaped recording medium records and/or reproduces information signals on or from the recording medium having an information recording region for recording information signals and a table-of-contents region for recording at least the number data and the title data of the information signals recorded in the information recording region. The recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a recording and/or reproducing unit and a display unit. Within the recording and/or reproducing unit, a plurality of disc-shaped recording media are disposed and arranged co-planarly in a side-by-side relation to one another. The recording and/or reproducing unit records the information signals on a selected one of the disc-shaped recording media and/or reproduces the information signals from the selected disc-shaped recording medium. The display unit, which has its control operation controlled by an output signal from an output signal of the recording and/or reproducing unit, has a first display region for displaying data recorded in the table-of-contents region and a second display region having a display configuration corresponding to the arrang…

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