Patent ID: 7620298

Claim:
A disc reproducing apparatus comprising: a reproducing unit for reading disc control information from an SACD when the SACD is held in a reproduction position and for reproducing and outputting an audio signal, the reproducing unit reading out and outputting image data recorded in a data area for extension when the image data is recorded in the data area for extension which is a data area disposed in the most outer circumference side of the SACD; and a control unit associating a genre of each tune recorded on the SACD with a track number corresponding to each of the tunes based on the disc control information read by the reproducing unit and automatically displaying the genre on a display device, the control unit displaying the track number selected by a user while highlighting it, the control unit displaying the image data outputted from the reproducing unit on the display device as an image for background in display of the genre, and the control unit causing the reproducing unit to start reproduction from a tune of the track number highlighted when an instruction of reproduction is inputted.