Patent ID: 8046782

Claim:
A tray carry-out method for a disc changer device, wherein the disc changer device have a first motor and a second motor, the first motor generating a driving force for transporting a tray between a stand-by position where a plurality of trays are housed and a disc recording/reproducing position where a recording/reproducing operation is carried out on a disc on the tray selected from the plurality of trays, and the second motor generating a driving force for bringing a tray driving gear unit capable of individually transporting the respective trays into a tray simultaneously transportable state, as well as for transporting the tray between the stand-by position and a disc exchange position where the disc on the tray is exchanged, the method comprising; while transporting the tray from the disc recording/reproducing position to the stand-by position by driving the first motor, starting to drive the second motor for bringing the tray driving gear unit into the tray simultaneously transportable state; and upon completion of the transport of the tray to the stand-by position, with the tray driving gear unit being set to the tray simultaneously transportable state, starting to drive the second motor to carry out the tray from the stand-by position to the disc exchange position.