Storage and reproduction apparatus

Abstract

A storage and reproducing apparatus includes a signal processing block, a memory, a reproduction block, an operation block, and a control block. The memory stores a digital signal outputted from the signal processing block and management data of the digital data. The reproduction block converts a digital signal read out from the memory into an audible sound for reproduction output. The control block, according to an input from the operation block, writes a digital signal and management data into the memory and reads out a digital signal and the management data stored in the memory and, according to an operation of the operation block, reads management data from the memory. The control block interrupts reproduction by the reproduction unit and starts writing further data into the memory in response to an input from the operation unit to designate for writing the further data into the memory during reproduction.

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