Patent ID: 7436738

Claim:
A play-back device comprising: a plurality of play-back sources; a plurality of output units for outputting the play-back signals from the individual play-back sources; a selecting unit for selecting at least one of the play-back sources; and a control unit for controlling the selecting unit so as to select the at least one of the play-back sources for outputting the play-back signals to be outputted to the output units, in response to an operation, wherein the control unit includes: a fluctuation deciding unit for selecting, when the at least one of the play-back sources is selected and when the operation to output the play-back signals from the at least one of the play-back sources to at least one of the output units is detected, the at least one of the play-back sources relating to the operation, thereby to decide whether a fluctuation occurs in the play-back signals to be outputted from the output units other than the at least one of the output units relating to the operation; and a selection inhibiting unit for inhibiting the selection and change to the at least one of the play-back sources relating to the operation, when the fluctuation occurring in the play-back signals is decided by the fluctuation deciding unit, and wherein the control unit selectively executes a play-back mode skipping operation when the selection inhibiting unit inhibits the selection and changes to the at least one of the play-back sources relating to the operation.