Patent ID: 7900221

Claim:
A disk playing device, comprising: a body portion having a disk insertion slot formed thereon; a disk playing unit adapted to play a disk inserted through the disk insertion slot; a slot-in type disk insertion unit adapted to draw in the disk inserted in the disk insertion slot toward the disk playing unit; a sub control unit operatively connected to the disk insertion unit and the disk playing unit to drive the disk insertion unit and play the disk with the disk playing unit; a main control unit operatively connected to the disk playing unit, the disk insertion unit, and the sub control unit; and a disk insertion detection unit configured to detect a disk and output an insertion detection signal to the main control unit when the disk is inserted in the disk insertion slot, the main control unit being configured to determine whether or not the sub control unit is turned OFF when a disk insertion signal is received from the disk insertion detection unit, the main control unit being configured to drive the disk insertion unit when it is determined that the sub control unit is OFF.