Patent ID: 7483361

Claim:
An optical disc apparatus comprising: a read unit for outputting an RF signal, which is a read signal of data recorded in an optical disc set in a main body, by irradiating a laser beam to the optical disc and detecting reflected light in a photo detector; an equalize unit for performing equalize adjustment on the RF signal, which is an output from the read unit; a playback unit for generating a playback signal from the RF signal having undergone the equalize adjustment by the equalize unit and outputting the playback signal; a parameter storage unit for storing an initial value of a boost amount used for the equalize adjustment by the equalize unit; and a parameter detection unit for detecting a value of the boost amount at which jitter of the RF signal having undergone the equalize adjustment by the equalize unit becomes optimal during playback of the optical disc set in the main body, wherein: the equalize unit performs the equalize adjustment using the initial value stored in the parameter storage unit at a beginning of the playback of the optical disc set in the main body, and thereafter performs the equalize adjustment each time the parameter detection unit detects a value of the boost amount at which the jitter of the RF signal having undergone the equalized adjustment becomes optimal by using the detected value of the boost amount; the parameter detection unit performs the equalize adjustment using three boost amounts, including a boost amount used for the equalize adjustment at this point in time, a boost amount larger than the firstly-mentioned boost amount by a specific amount, and a boost amount smaller than the firstly-mentioned boost amount by a certain amount, and detects the boost amount at which the jitter reaches minimal as a boost amount to be used for the equalize adjustment; and the parameter detection unit suspends processing to detect the boost amount to be used for the equalize adjustment when the detected boost amount to be used for the equalize adjustment is equal to the boost amount that is used for the equalize adjustment at this point in time, and resumes the processing to detect a boost amount at which the jitter of the RF signal having undergone the equalize adjustment becomes optimal immediately after the playback of the optical disc starts or contents being played back are switched.