The present invention provides a disc tray shift device including a disc tray
having at least one disc placement portion, a rack having an arc portion and at
least one straight portion, the rack being arranged on the disc tray, and a sun
gear, a planet gear which has a large-tooth-portion engaged with the sun gear and
a small-tooth-portion engaged with the rack, and a shift mechanism for shifting
the disc tray between a position where the disc placement portion is withdrawn
externally and a position where the disc placement portion is housed internally,
wherein teeth of at least one of the sun gear, the planet gear, and the rack are profile-shifted.