Patent ID: 8666592

Claim:
An in-vehicle audio/visual apparatus which displays an external device screen of an external media player on a display unit, comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with the external media player connected to the in-vehicle audio/visual apparatus; and an external device screen displaying unit configured to select one of respective external device screens of various external media players which reproduce playback data from a media source, in accordance with currently connected external media player, and display the selected external device screen, including an image of an appearance of the currently connected external media player, on the display unit, the displaying the external device screen including replicating a manner in which information is displayed on a display screen of the currently connected external media player during reproduction, wherein the image of the appearance of the currently connected external media player includes both a body section and a screen section, the screen section is dynamic and replicates the manner in which information is displayed on the display screen of the currently connected external media player during reproduction, the manner in which information is displayed on the display screen of the currently connected external media player during reproduction includes the position in which information is displayed on the display screen of the currently connected external media player, and the body section is an image having the appearance of the currently connected external media player with the screen section embedded within the body section, the body section and the screen section each representing a portion of the currently connected external media player such that the body section and the screen section change in response to connecting a different one of the various external media players.