CAR MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY OF HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED MENUS ON A DISPLAY DEVICE OF A CAR MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS

摘要

The present invention relates to a car multimedia apparatus comprising a display device (14) for displaying information including hierarchically structured menus with menu items, a controller device (16) for selecting and activating menu items, and a control device (12) for controlling said display and for receiving selecting and activating signals from said controller device. It further comprises a memory device (28, 30) adapted to store a predetermined number of information identifying a menu or a menu item, a memory control device (12) for writing information to said memory device and for reading said stored information out of said memory, said memory control device (12) being adapted to write information of a menu item upon its activation via said controller device, and to read said stored information and supply it to said control device (12) upon activation of said controller device (16), and said control device being adapted to display said supplied information on said display device as selectable and activatable menu items allowing to reach the menus or menu items identified by said displayed information. The invention also relates to a method for controlling the display of hierarchically structured menus on a display device of a car multimedia apparatus, each menu comprising at least one menu item for being selected and activated.