A rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus reproduces a rotary recording medium accommodated within a case, where the case comprises a jacket provided with a space for accommodating the rotary recording medium and an opening for allowing the rotary recording medium to go in and out of the jacket, and a lid member inserted through the opening of the jacket for closing the opening of the jacket. The rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus comprises a rotary recording medium supporting member for supporting the rotary recording medium left within the reproducing apparatus so that the rotary recording medium is supported above a turntable by an operation in which the case is inserted into and then extracted from the reproducing apparatus, a driving source for operating in one direction to raise the rotary recording medium supporting member and operating in a reverse direction to lower the rotary recording medium supporting member, and a control circuit for controlling the driving source to operate in the one direction when the control circuit detects the insertion of the jacket into the reproducing apparatus in a state where the rotary recording medium is supported by the supporting member and is being lowered with the supporting member operated by the driving source which is operating in the reverse direction.