Patent ID: 6526003
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A playback device for a disk-shaped recording medium, comprising:a scanning device; an evaluation device for evaluating content data recorded in a start-up area on the recording medium; and an arrangement for recognizing the recording medium inserted into the playback device as one of a storage disk and an audio disk depending upon the evaluation of the content data, wherein if the storage disk is recognized, a playback is terminated, and if the audio disk is recognized, the scanning device skips to a title of the audio disk; wherein: the scanning device, during the playback of the title of the audio disk, scans coded supplemental information recorded with respect to the title, the evaluation device recognizes whether the played-back title is one of an audio data group and a storage data group based on the coded supplemental information, and if the storage data group is recognized, the scanning device skips to a different title.