Pioneer Electronic Corporation

Noboru Nakamaru

Shinji Suzuki

Masaharu Sakamoto

Akira Kikuchi

Tatsushi Iizuka

Toshiyuki Katsu

The invention is recorded information reproducing device suitable for use in a kara-oke device and the like which reproduces sound information recorded on an information recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disk), LVD (laser Video Disk) or the like according to the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) standards, and which also allows repeated practice in synchronization with the progress of music in kara-oke and the like. The recorded information reproducing device which reproduces sound from an information recording medium M on which encoded musical information AI and control information CI are recorded according to the MIDI standards. The recorded information reproducing device 100 includes a musical information reproduction unit for decoding the musical information to output reproduced musical information S.sub.A ; a control information reproduction unit for decoding the control information to output a clock signal S.sub.C for timing control; and a control means, in accordance with the clock signal S.sub.C, for controlling the sequence of reproduction of the music information in the music information reproduction unit 101 or a data storage means 103B, in accordance with the clock signal S.sub.C, for temporarily storing the reproduced musical information S.sub.A before it is output.

Midi standards recorded information reproducing device with repetitive

A remote controller with learning function having first and second storage circuits, an operating unit with a plurality of operating keys, and input and output circuits, wherein the learned remote control signals are not stored in correspondence with the operating keys but with signals for reading out the learned remote control signals in the second storage circuit, the learned remote control signals can be output by operating the keys capable of specifying any of the signals identical with the signal for reading out or by inputting a signal identical with the signal for reading out from the exterior. Both the remote control signal to learn and the signal for reading out the learned remote control signal may be external signals fed from the exterior, a number of remote control signals to learn can be increased independent of a number of operating keys, and remote control signals through different transmission media can also be used for learning as well as for signal conversion. The remote control signal to learn and the signal for use in the remote control may be different signals and the signal for reading out the learned remote control signal may also be a signal fed from the exterior.

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Tokyo, Japan

Noboru Nakamaru