Patent ID: 6868224

Claim:
A multi-media playback device comprising: a read-head to receive a video signal and an audio signal; a speed control to vary a rate at which the video signal and the audio signal are received by the read-head such that the video and audio signals may be received at a first rate, wherein the first rate represents a fast forward rate or a rewind rate; a video-out generator coupled to the read-head to receive the video signal, and having an output to provide a video output representative of the video signal such that the video output is, at the first rate when the video signal is received at the first rate; a pitch controller coupled to receive the audio signal provided to the pitch controller at the first rate when the video output signal is the first rate to change the pitch of the audio signal, and having an output to provide a pitch adjusted signal at a second rate, wherein the second rate is different from the first rate; and an audio-out generator coupled to the pitch controller to receive the pitch adjusted signal at the second rate, and having an output to provide an audio signal of the pitch adjusted signal, such that the video output may be substantially coordinated with the audio signal.