A multimedia player capable of playing multiple types of digital contents, said player including an apparatus for displaying a menu screen comprising: a storage unit configured to store data of function icons (52, 54, 56, 60, 62) each representing a function operable on the multimedia player for playing a type of content, data of content icons (122, 124) each representing items of the contents, and data of folder icons (120, 130), each folder icon including at least one content icon representing content that is adapted to be played by a given function; a display control unit configured to retrieve the data of function icons, content icons and folder icons from the storage unit, and to generate image data for the menu screen which includes a plurality of function icons, content icons and folder icons, in which the plurality of function icons are arranged in a first array on the screen, and the plurality of folder items are arranged in a second array on the screen; a display output unit configured to output the image data for the menu screen to the multimedia player; an operation unit configured to receive instructions from a user for selecting a function icon, a folder icon and a content icon displayed in the menu screen; and a content control unit configured to control playing of content associated with a content icon selected according to the instructions received by the operation unit; wherein the display control unit superimposes, over a folder icon, a content icon of one of the contents included in the corresponding folder, wherein when the folder icon is selected by the user via the operation unit, the display control unit displays, with the selected folder icon, the content icons included in the folder corresponding to the selected folder icon; and wherein the multimedia player is configured to perform a playing function with respect to a currently selected content. a storage unit configured to store data of function icons (52, 54, 56, 60, 62) each representing a function operable on the multimedia player for playing a type of content, data of content icons (122, 124) each representing items of the contents, and data of folder icons (120, 130), each folder icon including at least one content icon representing content that is adapted to be played by a given function; a display control unit configured to retrieve the data of function icons, content icons and folder icons from the storage unit, and to generate image data for the menu screen which includes a plurality of function icons, content icons and folder icons, in which the plurality of function icons are arranged in a first array on the screen, and the plurality of folder items are arranged in a second array on the screen; a display output unit configured to output the image data for the menu screen to the multimedia player; an operation unit configured to receive instructions from a user for selecting a function icon, a folder icon and a content icon displayed in the menu screen; and a content control unit configured to control playing of content associated with a content icon selected according to the instructions received by the operation unit; wherein the display control unit superimposes, over a folder icon, a content icon of one of the contents included in the corresponding folder, wherein when the folder icon is selected by the user via the operation unit, the display control unit displays, with the selected folder icon, the content icons included in the folder corresponding to the selected folder icon; and wherein the multimedia player is configured to perform a playing function with respect to a currently selected content.