Digital audio signal reproducing apparatus

Claim 1

A digital audio signal reproducing apparatus for reproducing digital audio signals continuously recorded on a recording medium (2), the apparatus comprising: reproducing means (3) for sequentially reading recording data from said recording medium (2) at a second transfer rate faster than a first transfer rate required of playback output data, said recording medium (2) being rotationally driven at a constant velocity; memory means (22) in which the playback data read out by said reproducing means (3) is sequentially written at said second transfer rate and from which the written playback data are continuously read out at said first transfer rate as said playback output data; playback controlling means (7) for effecting writing control in said memory means (22) so that said playback data of a first predetermined amount is written when the data stored in said memory means (22) becomes lower than a second predetermined amount so that an amount of playback data in excess of said second predetermined amount is stored at all times in said memory means (22), said playback controlling means (7) effecting playback position control so that said playback data sequentially written in said memory means (22) by said writing control is continuously read from the recording track of said recording medium (2); key inputting means (8); and pause controlling means (8) for re-initiating data read-out from said memory means (22) responsive to releasing of actuation of said key inputting means (8).