Patent ID: 8374360

Claim:
A sound setting apparatus comprising: a manipulating unit capable of making an input manipulation through movement of a single knob in upward and downward directions, left and right directions, rotation directions, and a push down direction; a band setting unit that sets each of individual sound frequency bands corresponding to low frequencies, midrange frequencies, and high frequencies in controlling an equalizer, in response to an input manipulation to the manipulating unit in the left and right directions; a level setting unit that sets an output level of each of the bands set by the band setting unit, in response to an input manipulation to the manipulating unit in the upward and downward directions; a center frequency setting unit that sets a center frequency of each of the bands set by the band setting unit, in response to an input manipulation to the manipulating unit in the rotation directions; and a display unit that collectively displays setting images to set the band, the output level, and the center frequency on a screen on the same layer, the layer being selected by moving the knob in the push down direction, wherein the display unit displays a manipulation image for guiding manipulation directions to make the input manipulation to the manipulating unit on the screen on the same layer at the same time, wherein the display unit displays the manipulation image indicating only a direction that allows the input manipulation to the manipulating unit, when a setting operation is conducted by the band setting unit, the level setting unit, or the center frequency setting unit, and wherein the manipulation image includes an indicator for each of the upward, downward, left, right, rotation, and push down directions, and for each of the upward, downward, left, right, rotation, and push down directions that is operable at a given time the corresponding indicator is highlighted.