Patent ID: 8477575

Claim:
An optical disc apparatus, comprising: an optical pickup that irradiates an optical disc with light and detects returned light from the optical disc by use of a photodetector; a tracking error signal generation portion that generates a tracking error signal by processing an electric signal outputted from the photodetector; an RF signal generation portion that generates an RF signal based on an electric signal outputted from the photodetector; a movable lens position adjustment portion that adjusts and controls a position of a movable lens for spherical aberration correction disposed in an optical system of the optical pickup; a servo control portion that performs, based on the tracking error signal, tracking control of the optical pickup; a correction formula determination portion that, before the tracking control by the servo control portion is turned on, determines a correction formula for correcting a balance value of the tracking error signal depending on the position of the movable lens for spherical aberration correction; an adjustment portion that, after the tracking control by the servo control portion has been turned on, using the RF signal as an index, adjusts the position of the movable lens for spherical aberration correction by use of the movable lens position adjustment portion, while correcting the balance value of the tracking error signal by use of the correction formula determined by the correction formula determination portion; and a storage portion that stores an adjustment value for adjusting the balance value of the tracking error signal at a time point of completing the adjustment of the position of the movable lens for spherical aberration correction by the adjustment portion.