Patent ID: 7085477

Claim:
A television apparatus comprising: a reading section for reading data from a first recording medium recording data indicative of a voice and from a second recording medium recording data indicative of a voice and an image, a voice signal converting section for converting the data read by said reading section into a voice signal, an accepting section for accepting a volume set value indicative of a volume of a voice to be reproduced, a storage section for storing a level change rate indicative of a rate for changing a level of the voice signal corresponding to a plurality of volume set values respectively, the level of the voice signal output from said voice signal converting section being changed based on the level change rate corresponding to the volume set value accepted by said accepting section, deciding section for deciding whether a reproducing object is the first recording medium or the second recording medium, and change rate adjusting section for adjusting the level change rate corresponding to the volume set value accepted by said accepting section corresponding to a result of the decision obtained by said deciding section.