Patent ID: 6973019

Claim:
A recording medium reproducing apparatus having a reproducing portion for reproducing compressed audio data and non-compressed audio data recorded in recording media, said recording medium reproducing apparatus comprising: a display portion comprising a track number display area for indicating a track number of the non-compressed audio data, a minute display area for indicating a value of minute of a reproduction time of the non-compressed audio data, a second display area for indicating a value of second of the reproduction time of the non-compressed audio data, and a frame display area for indicating a value of frame of the non-compressed audio data; and a discriminating portion for determining whether audio data reproduced by said reproducing portion is the compressed audio data or the non-compressed audio data, wherein when said discriminating portion determines that the audio data is the compressed audio data, said display portion indicates the track number of the compressed audio data in said track number display area and said minute display area, the value of minute of a reproduction time of the compressed audio data in said second display area, and the value of second of the reproduction time of the compressed audio data in said frame display area.