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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1997
Hidenori Muramatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Umezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuharu Nakai, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
Clarion Co., Ltd., Toda, JP;
Abstract
An automotive data device, such as an audio player, for playing recording media of a different size includes a housing member housing a first player unit and a second player unit in a stacked arrangement. Each of the player units have insertion slots. A movable operating panel for controlling the respective first player unit and the second player unit extends across the respective insertion slots. A control unit can drive the movable operating panel in a first mode of operation to expose only the first insertion slot, while maintaining the operability of user controls on the operating panel. The control unit provides a second mode of operation to expose both of the insertion slots, while retracting at least a portion of the operating panel into the housing member below the lower insertion slot.