Patent ID: 7146018
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
1. A multichannel acoustic signal reproducing apparatus comprising: a portable housing having a hand grip for portable purposes; a center speaker arranged in the portable housing; left and right speakers separably attached to the portable housing; recording and reproducing means arranged in the portable housing capable of recording and reproducing a recording medium; surround decoding means arranged in the portable housing for decoding a multichannel acoustic signal from the recording and reproducing means to produce surround phonic sound; second switching means arranged in the portable housing for reproducing a first predetermined number of channels of the multichannel acoustic signal from the surround decoding means through the center speaker and the left and right speakers, and first switching means for switching and outputting remaining channels of the multichannel acoustic signal from the surround decoding means; and control means for controlling the recording and reproducing means and the surround decoding means, in which channel signals of the remaining channels from the first switching means are supplied to a television receiver having speakers and capable of reproducing the channel signals as surround phonic sound in conjunction with the left, right, and center speakers, in which the television receiver is arranged in a housing separate from the portable housing.