摘要 |
A karaoke system has a host apparatus (2) and a plurality of remote terminal apparatuses (1) for playing karaoke music communicating with the host apparatus via a communication network (3). Each of the remote terminal apparatuses (1) stores karaoke data transferred from the host apparatus (2) and plays the karaoke data selected from among the stored karaoke data by a speaker (11) and a CRT display (15). The host apparatus (2) stores a plurality of records of customers of the karaoke system. Each of the remote terminal apparatuses (1) comprises a central processing unit (4) for identifying a customer, acquiring the corresponding customer record from the host apparatus (2), updating the acquired customer record according to the customer's use of the karaoke system, generating messages for the customer based on the acquired customer record, outputting the generated messages to the customer, and uploading the updated customer record to the host apparatus (2) to update the corresponding customer record stored in the host apparatus (2). <IMAGE> |