Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Control system for selectively displaying items recorded on a recording medium
 An information reproducing system for selecting a reproduction item and reproducing an information unit corresponding to the selected reproduction item is provided. The system includes a recording medium, a displaying apparatus, a selecting apparatus, and a reproducing apparatus. The reproduction items are displayed in a menu on the displaying apparatus. The selecting apparatus outputs instruction signals for selecting one of the reproduction items displayed in the menu. The reproducing apparatus reads out the information unit corresponding to the selected reproduction item from the recording medium and reproduces it. The selecting apparatus and the reproducing apparatus are disposed in separate casings and are connected to each other with a wire. The selecting apparatus has a small number of switches. The reproducing apparatus has a controller having several universal terminals. Each switch of the selecting apparatus is connected with a respective universal terminal through a single line. Each instruction signal is directly sent from the selecting apparatus to the controller of the reproducing apparatus through the single line. 
Pioneer Electronic Corporation
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Kenichi Shigeru Toshiyasu Wataru
Kita Watanabe Kondo Negishi