Patent ID: 8594884

Claim:
An apparatus for reproducing multimedia data in a motor vehicle, comprising: a reading unit configured to read in a digital multiplexed audio-video data stream from a multimedia data storage medium, wherein the audio-video data stream includes audio data, video picture data and menu data; a demultiplex unit connected to said reading unit and configured to receive the audio-video data stream and produce an audio data stream, a video picture data stream, and a menu data stream therefrom; an audio conversion unit connected to said demultiplex unit and configured to convert the audio data stream into an audibly outputtable audio signal; a combining unit connected to said demultiplex unit configured to combine the video picture data stream and the menu data stream to form a digital graphics data stream, wherein said combining unit is further configured to receive a driving state signal indicating whether the vehicle is in a driving state and to fade out the video picture data stream from and maintain the menu data stream in the digital graphics data stream when the motor vehicle is in the driving state; a graphical conversion unit connected to said combining unit and configured to convert the digital graphics data stream into a graphically outputtable graphics signal; an audio output unit connected to said audio conversion unit and configured to output the audio signal; and a graphical output unit connected to said graphical conversion unit and configured to output the graphics signal, whereby the menu data stream is always output and displayed by the graphical output unit.