Patent ID: 7094087
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An audio/video plug detecting apparatus applied in an audio/video apparatus, wherein the audio/video apparatus outputs a plurality of audio/video signals, the audio/video plug comprises a plurality of contact sections, and the detecting apparatus comprises: a jack for accommodating the audio/video plug; a placement detector for detecting whether the audio/video plug has been loaded into the jack; a section number detector for detecting the number of the contact sections of the audio/video plug; a controller for determining a plurality of possible output arrangements according to the detected number of the contact sections, wherein the possible output arrangements define different arrangements of the audio/video signals to be outputted selectively to the contact sections of the audio/video plug; and a display circuit for displaying a menu of the possible output arrangements on the audio/video apparatus for selection of one of the possible output arrangements as an active output arrangement from the menu so that the audio/video signal are outputted to the contact sections of the audio/video plug via the jack according to the active output arrangement.