Patent ID: 7532944

Claim:
An audio reproducing apparatus comprising: a recording medium that records a plurality of music data; a data reading unit that reads out the music data from said recording medium; a signal processing unit that performs signal processing of the music data read out by said data reading unit, and then converts the music data into an audio signal; an operation unit that is provided with at least one operation element; a display unit; and a main control unit that controls said data reading unit, said signal processing unit, and said display unit according to a signal supplied from said operation unit, wherein said main control unit sets a display mode to either a low speed search mode or a high speed search mode based upon a signal supplied from said operation unit according to an operation carried out on the operation element; upon the low speed search mode being set, said main control unit sequentially searches the music data recorded on said recording medium, and displays on said display unit a title of only one music data at a position being searched; and upon the high speed search mode being set, said main control unit sequentially searches the music data recorded on said recording medium, reads information of the music data being searched and information of at least one following music data, determines whether successive music data have common information, and displays on said display unit said information common to music data at a position being searched and music data successive to the music data at the position being searched.