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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2001
Tsutomu Hasegawa, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Akihiro Fujiwara, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Kiyoshi Mutsura, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Futoshi Shoji, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
When some failure has been detected as a result of self diagnosis in first and second sound playback units ( ), a nonvolatile memory ( ) in a control unit ( ) stores device, product, and error codes, and a predetermined pattern for informing that failure is displayed on a panel display device ( ). The stored codes can be displayed on the panel display device ( ) in response to predetermined first operation, and when input operation for operating the disabled unit is made at a control panel ( ), the CPU re-displays the predetermined pattern for informing the failure on the display device with reference to the stored codes.