Patent ID: 8194524

Claim:
A data reproduction apparatus comprising: media selection means for a user to select in advance a type of media to be played from among multiple types of media including media placed in a main body of the apparatus and media in another data reproduction apparatus connected via a network to the main body of the apparatus; reproduction request means to be operated by a user in order to request a reproduction operation; and a microprocessor that controls the reproduction operation when a user requests the reproduction operation by operating the reproduction request means, wherein when a user requests the reproduction operation by operating the reproduction request means, the microprocessor determines whether or not data on a medium of the type selected by a user using the media selection means can be reproduced, wherein when the microprocessor determines that data on a medium of the type selected by a user using the media selection means can be reproduced, the microprocessor selectively reproduces data on the medium of the selected type, and wherein when the microprocessor determines that data on a medium of the selected type cannot be reproduced, the microprocessor sequentially determines whether data on a medium other than media of the type selected by a user using the media selection means, among the multiple types of media, can be reproduced or not, sets a type of a medium on which data can be reproduced, which is found as a result of the determination, as a type of media to be played, and reproduces data on the medium on which data can be reproduced.