In a shift lever apparatus, a shift position can be changed from a P shift position only by turning a shift lever to a right side of a vehicle. In an illustrative embodiment, a control circuit may be independently configurable with respect to an amplifier that generates a signal for the output stage, and the control circuit may bias a compensation circuit that provides thermal tail compensation for an output stage transistor. Such structures may be used to store data at ultra-high densities. The dedicated system information is addressed only to host network elements being configured to support sharing of a local communication area. The circuit further includes a controller configured to receive the digital signal output from each analog-to-digital converter and output an encoded signal based on one or more such digital signal that is received from an unclipped analog-to-digital converter having a highest analog-to-digital conversion resolution.