Car-mounted input device

A ROM (44) provided in a computer stores tables (45a,45b,45c,etc.) showing the relationships between the direction and amount of operation of a manual operating section (43), and external force to be applied from electric motors (19a,19b). A CPU (41) determines the direction and amount of external force to be applied to the manual operating section based on positional information output from encoders (21a,21b) and the tables, and drives the electric motors via a motor driver (47). The operator can feel the resistance produced thereby at the manual operating section. Therefore, it is possible to finely operate the manual operating section, and to thereby control the functions of car-mounted electrical devices. By applying great external force to the manual operating section when the manual operating section is operated to the moving limit, the operator can sense the moving limit of the manual operating section, and can select a car-mounted electrical device (4a,4b,4c,4d,4e,4f,5a,5b,5c).