Patent ID: 8423714

Claim:
A portable reproducing apparatus, comprising: a storage medium configured to store input data, the input data being identifiable based on auxiliary data corresponding thereto; a reproduction unit configured to reproduce said input data read out from said storage medium; a display configured to display said auxiliary data; and a controller configured to perform operations of said portable reproducing apparatus according to signals received from an operation unit and being configured (1) to search said auxiliary data, (2) to receive a selection of said auxiliary data displayed on said display, (3) to read said input data corresponding to the selected auxiliary data from said storage medium, (4) to transmit said read input data to said reproduction unit, and (5) to interrupt reproduction by said reproduction unit; wherein said controller is configured to search auxiliary data in forward direction upon receiving a signal representing a manual rotational input to an operation unit in a first direction of a circular path around an imaginary rotational axis, to search auxiliary data in backward direction upon receiving a signal representing a manual rotational input to the operation unit in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, of the circular path around the imaginary rotational axis, and to select said one from said auxiliary data based upon receiving a signal representing a pressing input to the operation unit so as to reproduce said input data associated with the selected auxiliary data by the reproduction unit.