Recording/reproducing device

A recording/reproducing device characterized by comprising at least a key input means having numeric keys, a key input processing part for receiving key input from the key input means, a key determination processing part for determining whether it is a numeric key, a function key or the like at the key input processing part and sending the determination to each controlling part and each processing part, a reserved recording setting part for performing setting about reserved recording, a decode processing part for decoding the first and the second inputted numerals and setting a starting time of recording in the reserved recording setting part and if the third and the fourth numerals are inputted following to the first and the second numerals, decoding the third and the fourth numerals and setting a channel in the reserved recording setting part, a data obtaining part for obtaining data from an EPG or memory or a display device and sending the data to the reserved recording setting part and the like, a function controlling part for controlling each function in response to operation on the key input means, a controlling part, which is a CPU in a microcomputer, for performing each control and controlling over the entire device, a storage medium for recording images and sounds, and memory for storing each piece of data such as an initial value of the microcomputer and channel data;

• wherein all the functions of the key input processing part, the key determination processing part, the reserved recording setting part, the decode processing part, the data obtaining part, the function controlling part and the controlling part are processed by the microcomputer;
• wherein the recording/reproducing device is connected with a display device;
• wherein if the recording/reproducing device is switched off, power is still kept supplying to the microcomputer and the key input processing part keeps monitoring the presence of key input;
• wherein the key input processing part accepts input when the first numeric key is input at the key input means, and a time in 24-hours system indicated by a two-digit number is set as a starting time of recording when the following second numeric key is inputted, and the data obtaining part obtains last channel data from the memory or the display device and automatically sets the data for a channel to be recorded if the second key input is not followed by the third key input, and the key input processing part sets a channel indicated by a two-digit number as a channel to be recorded if the third and the fourth numeric keys are inputted following to the second numeric key, and the data obtaining part also obtains a starting time and an ending time of a program broadcasted in a time period starting at the starting time of recording the channel to be recorded and sets the starting time of recording and the ending time of recording in preference to the other time setting if the environment allows the data obtaining part to obtain program data from an EPG or the like, and the key input processing part recovers monitoring the presence of key input if input of numeric keys finishes at the second numeric key or if numeric keys are input to the fourth numeric key;
• the recording/reproducing device records a broadcast from the channel to be recorded on a storage medium in a recording mode used when the starting time of recording comes, finishes recording at the ending time of the program if the ending time of recording is set to the ending time of the program, and automatically finishes recording after a predetermined length of recording time passed or at the ending time after a predetermined length of time if no ending time of recording is set.