Apparatus and method for compensating for tilt

摘要

A method for compensating for tilt in reproducing an optical reproducing medium is performed by determining an initial tilt driving direction so as to not interrupt a reproducer when tilt compensation is performed on the optical recording medium. The tilt compensation method involves comparing the amount of jitter detected over a certain period of time when the optical recording medium is reproduced with a reference value; determining the direction of tilt compensation in the direction of reproducing a track of the optical recording medium, before performing tilt compensation, when the amount of jitter detected, according to a comparison result of the comparator, exceeds a reference value; and resuming reproduction of the optical recording medium after performing tilt compensation so that the jitter decreases in the direction of the determined tilt compensation.