REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME

A playback device (2) includes a first communicator (10) that communicates with a terminal device (26) through a first communication scheme and that receives music data and music information indicating an attribute of the music data from the terminal device (26), a music information storage (12) that stores the music information received by the first communicator (10), a music player (14) that plays back the music data received by the first communicator (10), a search processor (16) that generates search data for searching for information related to the music data based on the music information, and a second communicator (18) that communicates via a network through a second communication scheme different from the first communication scheme and that transmits the search data and receives a search result for the search data. The search processor (16) outputs the search result received by the second communicator (18).