Patent ID: 7086068

Claim:
An optical disc apparatus comprising: a tray on which a disc to be loaded into a main unit is to be placed; a tray moving section which moves the tray between a loading position where the disc is to be loaded into the main unit, and a discharging position where the disc is to be discharged from the main unit; a shock detecting section which detects a shock that is produced during a movement of the tray by the tray moving section; and a controlling section which controls the tray moving section to perform a movement of the tray a plurality of times at different movement speeds, and which determines separately a speed of a movement of the tray from the loading position to the discharging position, and a speed of a movement of the tray from the discharging position to the loading position, wherein the controlling section determines the movement speeds to values at which a shock that is produced during a movement does not exceed a predetermined upper limit of a shock, and which are not higher than a predetermined upper speed limit of the tray.