Disclosed is an optical disk drive for wireless power transmission. The optical disk drive in an embodiment of the present invention comprises a tray on which a optical disk is to be seated; a driving unit for rotating the optical disk to be seated on the tray and reading or writing the optical disk; a wireless power transmitting module to be seated on the tray and comprising a primary coil and a transmitting circuit unit; a power supply unit for supplying power; and a controller for controlling the power supply unit to supply power to the wireless power transmitting module when determining that the wireless power transmitting module is seated on the tray.

The problem to be solved is to make it possible to download via a network, efficiently manage, retrieve, and reproduce an external content associated with a content recorded on a recording medium. To solve the problem, a program is used which controls reproduction of information located on a recording medium and related information. The program includes the steps of: obtaining from the outside specific information associated with predetermined information recorded on a recording medium; and obtaining medium identification information located on a recording medium; wherein if the specific information has been obtained, a storage unit in a reproducing apparatus is controlled to associate the specific information with the medium identification information for storage.

An embodiment of the invention provides a phonorecord for embodying an audio recording. The phonorecord can comprise a substrate and a conformal coating disposed on at least a portion of the substrate. The substrate can comprise one or more grooves embodying the audio recording.

A television viewer interface system provides a viewer interface that allows the viewer to access different functions of a system. A highlight bar is responsive to the user's commands and is used to indicate the current menu item that can be selected by the user. Information is presented in a successive disclosure format where the user navigates through menus by moving the highlight bar to the right to obtain more information or to the left to see less information and return to the previous location. The background colors of each set of menus remains consistent throughout the user's experience such that the user intuitively knows what menu area he is in through the color cues. The invention provides indicators that tell the user that more information is available in a particular direction for a menu item.

According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk that includes a plurality of tracks, each track including a plurality of sectors for storing data, a head that is for writing data to the plurality of sectors and reading data from the plurality of sectors, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine that a first sector of the plurality of sectors is not able to be read and is a defective sector, determine that a second sector of the plurality of sectors is disposed along a line that extends through the first sector and a defective sector included in a first list of defective sectors, register the second sector in the first list of defective sectors, and reallocate an address corresponding to the second sector to a first alternative sector included on the disk.

According to an embodiment, there is provided a failure diagnosis method. The failure diagnosis method includes installing a disk device in a manufacturing rack. The failure diagnosis method acquiring, by the disk device, data on a state of a predetermined constituent unit in the manufacturing rack with the disk device being installed in the manufacturing rack. The failure diagnosis method includes determining, by the disk device, whether or not the state of the predetermined constituent unit falls within an allowable range by using the data acquired.

According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk that includes a plurality of tracks, each track including a plurality of sectors for storing data, a head that is for writing data to the plurality of sectors and reading data from the plurality of sectors, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine that a first sector of the plurality of sectors is not able to be read and is a defective sector, determine that a second sector of the plurality of sectors is disposed along a line that extends through the first sector and a defective sector included in a first list of defective sectors, register the second sector in the first list of defective sectors, and reallocate an address corresponding to the second sector to a first alternative sector included on the disk.

A system that maps media content information to an interactive program guide displayed on a screen includes, among other things, a memory with logic, and a processor configured with the logic to display at least one personal video recording display channel in the interactive program guide. The processor is further preferably configured with the logic to display media content instance listings in the personal video recording display channel for corresponding media content instance recordings.

An optical disc apparatus includes: a controller configured to acquire information of an access result and access positions on an optical disc when an optical disc drive unit configured to optically access an optical disc optically accesses the optical disc; and a storage configured to store the information acquired by the controller.

A portable media player communicates with a host computer for enabling a user of the player to manage media distribution using the control software of the host computer. The host computer can send a GUI that is displayed on the otherwise dumb player, and the user can view the GUI and press a single button to command the control software to download a media title to the player. The host computer can periodically poll the player to determine its status.