Sound reproducing apparatus which utilizes data stored on a recording medium to make the apparatus more user friendly and a recording medium used in the apparatus
US5895876A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 25, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/65
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A karaoke reproducing apparatus is equipped a measure for easily checking whether a music piece selected by the user has correctly been accepted or not. The apparatus has a memory in which music title name information of each of the music pieces recorded on a recording medium has previously been stored. When one of the plurality of music pieces is selected by an operation, the music title name information of the selected music piece is soon displayed by characters. The apparatus also has memory means in which music piece classification information of each of the music pieces recorded on the recording medium has previously been stored. An item content selection command to designate the contents of at least one of a plurality of different items included in the music piece classification information is generated in accordance with an operation. The music piece corresponding to the contents of at least one item indicated by the item content selection command is searched for by using the information from the memory means.
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