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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1998
Kenichi Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A disc playback device reproduces either a video disc or an audio disc which is loaded and includes a digest playback device for reproducing each track of the video disc for a predetermined time and a scan playback device for reproducing each track on the audio disc for a predetermined time. A special playback instructing device instructs the disc playback device to reproduce each track of the disc which is loaded, for a predetermined time, and a disc type judging device is used for judging the type of disc to be reproduced. A special playback control device operates such that when the special playback instructing device issues an instruction to play back, if the result of judgment by the disc type judging device shows a video disc, the special playback control device drives the digest playback device, and if the result of judgment by the disc type judging device shows an audio disc, the special playback control device drives the scan playback device.