Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a disk player in which a plurality of disks different in diameter are driven, and can be identified with high accuracy. Disclosed is the disk player, a digital signal processing section applies to a CPU a synchronization signal which is raised to high level when the frequency of a detection signal outputted by a laser pickup reaches a predetermined value which permits a data reading operation, and a sense signal which is raised to high level when the frequency of the detection signal is shifted from a predetermined frequency. The CPU operates to rotate a spindle motor, and to brake the latter when the synchronization signal is raised to high level. The CPU further operates to detect a period of time which lapses from the time instant the motor is braked until the sense signal is fallen to low level, and to identify the loaded disk from the period of time thus detected.

Abstract: A pickup driving system for an optical disk apparatus is disclosed for moving a pickup unit across tracks of a rotating optical disk to read data at a target track position on the optical disk while avoiding drive motor instability, and errors caused by position overruns and underruns. A pulse voltage is superposed on the driving voltage of the drive motor for driving the pickup unit at predetermined intervals (defined by the pulse train) toward the target track position.