Patent ID: 6052342
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recorded medium reproducing apparatus comprising:as stocker capable of accommodating recorded media;reproducing means for reproducing a recorded medium;first transport means for transporting the recorded medium between the inside of said stocker and the outside of an apparatus housing;second transport means for transporting the recorded medium between the inside of said stocker and a reproduction position;positioning means for determining a relative position between the recorded medium and said first or second transport means;recorded medium detecting means provided on a transport path of the recorded medium being transported by said first transport means, for detecting a presence/absence and a size of a disk which is the transported recorded medium; anda display unit for displaying information relating to the presence/absence and the size of the disk, detected by said recorded medium detecting means,wherein said first transport means is separate from said second transport means, so that said first transport means can transport the recorded medium between the inside of the stocker and the outside of the apparatus housing even when said reproducing means reproduces the other recorded medium at the reproduction position.