Patent ID: 7218578

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus comprising: a reading section which reads data recorded on a recording medium; a storing section which stores the data read by said reading section; a reproducing section which reads out and reproduces the data stored in said storing section; a discal unit which is rotated by a driving section at a reference rotational speed and in a reference rotational direction; an operation discal unit which is mounted on said discal unit to be rotatable with said discal unit, and is configured in such a manner as being rotatable in a rotational direction and at a rotational speed as desired by a user, so that said reproducing section performs a desired data reproduction; a sensor section which outputs a pulse signal in accordance with the rotational direction and the rotational speed of said operation discal unit; and a control section which determines the rotational direction and rotational speed of said operation discal unit according to the pulse signal from said sensor section, and when determines that said operation discal unit starts rotating in said reference direction after pausing for at least a predetermined period of time, said control section controls said driving section to rotate said discal unit at a speed higher than said reference rotational speed for a predetermined period of time.