JPH05174446A - Recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten recording time when signals to be recorded from a recorded medium are successively recorded in plural recording mediums. CONSTITUTION:In a recording and reproducing device which records successively signals to be recorded from an external compact disk in plural tape cassettes 3, the signal detecting circuit 12 detects interruption of signals to be recorded not less than the set time during recording a signal to be recorded from the compact disk in one of the tape cassettes 3, a control device 13 switches the next tape cassette 3 to the recording preparatory state based on the detected result without confirming completion of recording of the above mentioned tape cassette 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus most suitable for application to, for example, a tape deck equipped with a cassette changer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a single component component product different from a system component component, there is a recording / reproducing device such as a tape deck or a double cassette deck equipped with a cassette changer. In this type of tape deck, recorded signals (audio signals, etc.) from a recording medium such as a CD output from various external reproducing devices such as a CD deck are automatically transferred to a plurality of tape cassettes, which are a plurality of recording media. It can be recorded as a record.

At this time, in order to record the entire contents of the recording medium such as a CD in the tape cassette, a tape cassette having the same recording time or a plurality of tape cassettes having a longer recording time are used. However, since the recording time of the tape cassette cannot be continuously selected, it is common to use a tape cassette having a long recording time.

On the other hand, in the conventional tape deck or the like, once switched to the recording mode, even if a reproduction signal from a recording medium such as a CD is interrupted on the way, the following tape cassettes are recorded until the tape cassette during recording is finished. Cannot switch to tape cassette.

[0005]

Therefore, in a conventional recording / reproducing apparatus such as a tape deck, when the recording time of a recording medium such as a CD is shorter than the recording time of a recording medium such as a tape cassette, the difference time is reduced. No signal is recorded in vain. Therefore, the total sum of the recording times of the contents of a plurality of recording media such as CDs on a plurality of recording media such as tape cassettes is equal to the sum of the recording times of the plurality of recording media, and this is the same for a plurality of recording media such as CDs. Since it is longer than the total recording time of the recording medium, there is a problem that a lot of useless time is spent for recording.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and a special signal other than a recorded signal is provided between a recording / reproducing apparatus such as a tape deck and an external reproducing apparatus such as a CD deck. Provided is a recording / reproducing apparatus capable of detecting the end of a recording medium and switching the next recording medium to a recording-ready state without waiting for the end of the recording medium being recorded, even without connection. The purpose is to do.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention for attaining the above object, a plurality of recording media are mounted, and a plurality of recording signals from an external recording medium are recorded. In the recording / reproducing apparatus for sequentially recording on the recording medium, the recording signal from the recording medium is recorded on one of the plurality of recording media, and a break of the recording signal for a set time or more is detected. A signal detection circuit and a control device for switching the next recording medium to a recording preparation state based on detection of the signal detection circuit without waiting for the end of the recording medium being recorded. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided display means for displaying that the next recording medium has been switched to the recording preparation state.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, the recorded signal from the recording medium is being recorded on one of the plurality of recording media for a predetermined time or more of the recorded signal. By detecting the interruption of the recording medium, the end of the recording medium is detected. Then, without waiting for the end of the recording medium being recorded, the next recording medium is switched to the recording preparation state. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the next recording medium is displayed so that the user can sense that the recording medium is switched to the recording preparation state.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a recording / reproducing apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, FIG. 2 shows a tape deck 1 with a cassette changer, which is an example of a recording / reproducing apparatus as a single component component, and a CD deck 2 with a CD changer, which is an example of an external reproducing apparatus. The tape deck 1 is provided with a cassette changer 4 which is a recording medium switching device for automatically and sequentially switching a plurality of recording media, for example, five tape cassettes 3 to a recording (or reproducing) state, The CD deck 2 is also provided with a CD changer 6 which is a recording medium switching device for automatically switching a plurality of recording media, for example, five CDs 5 to a reproducing state.

Then, the recorded signal input end 7 of the tape deck 1 is connected to the recorded signal output end 8 of the CD deck 2 by a connecting cord 9, and five CDs 5 are successively reproduced, and the five CDs 5 are reproduced. All the recorded contents of (1) can be sequentially recorded (recorded) on the five tape cassettes 3.

At this time, since the recording time of one tape cassette 3 is usually longer than the recording time of one CD 5, one tape cassette 3 is waited for and then the next. In the method of switching to the tape cassette 3 of No. 5, the total time required to record all the recorded contents of the five CDs 5 into the five tape cassettes 3 becomes equal to the total recording time of the five tape cassettes 3. 5 sheets of C
It will be longer than the total recording time of D5.

Therefore, in the present invention, recording of five CDs 5 is performed without connecting any special signal other than the recorded signal from the CD 5 (for example, mutual control signal between the tape deck 1 and the CD deck 2). The total time required to record the entire contents on the five tape cassettes 3 is set to be shorter than the total recording time on the five tape cassettes 3. The details will be described below.

That is, first, as shown in FIG.
The tape deck 1 includes the cassette changer 4 and
A mechanical deck 10 which is a recording / reproducing mechanism in which five tape cassettes 3 are automatically and sequentially mounted by the cassette changer 4, and a signal detecting circuit 12 for detecting an interruption of a recorded signal from a recording / reproducing circuit 11 for a predetermined time or more. , A timer for measuring the time of no signal, a comparator for comparing the time measured by the timer with a preset time, and a microcomputer including controlling the mechanical deck 10 and the cassette changer 3 by the result of the comparator And a display device 14 which is a display means for notifying the user that the next tape cassette 3 has been switched to the recording preparation state (recording standby state) by a method such as blinking of a lamp. An operation unit 15 which is an operation button for a person to externally instruct the control device 13 to perform a recording / reproducing state or to switch the tape cassette 3. There has been built.

Next, the control operation of the tape deck 1 of FIG. 1A will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG.

First, at the start point, the controller 13 drives the cassette changer 4 in accordance with an instruction from the operation unit 15 by the user to mount the first tape cassette 3 on the mechanical deck 10. At this time, it is determined whether or not the tape cassette 3 has been mounted, and if the mounting is completed,
Further, after determining whether or not it is the first tape cassette 3, the mechanical deck 10 is switched to the recording preparation state. If the mounting is not completed, the above operation is repeated until the first tape cassette 3 is correctly mounted on the mechanical deck 10.

Next, the user sets the CD deck 2 in the reproducing state and inputs the recorded signal from the CD 5 to the tape deck 1, and at the same time, switches the mechanical deck 10 to the recording state to record the recorded signal from the CD 5. Recording starts on the first tape cassette 3.

At this time, the signal detection circuit 12 constantly monitors the presence / absence of a recorded signal from the CD 5 so as to perform a so-called inter-track check of the CD 5, and informs the controller 13 of the presence / absence of the recorded signal. Inform.

Next, when the signal detection circuit 12 detects that the signal to be recorded from the CD 5 is interrupted and becomes a non-signal state, the control device 13 measures the interrupt (time) of the signal to be recorded and It is detected whether or not the interruption time of the recorded signal exceeds a preset set time.

At this time, the time between songs of the CD5 is usually about 4-5.
The setting time is about 12.5 seconds, which is about three times the time between songs. Therefore, if the break time of the recorded signal is within about 4 to 5 seconds, the CD5
It is determined that it is the time between songs and the recording state of the tape cassette 3 is maintained as it is.

On the other hand, the interruption time of the recorded signal is about 12.
When the set time of 5 seconds is exceeded, it is determined that the recording time of the CD 5 has ended, and the control device 13 stops the mechanical deck 10, drives the cassette changer 4, and drives the second (next ) Automatically switch to tape cassette 3. At this time, during monitoring of the presence or absence of a recorded signal from the CD 5, even when the first tape cassette 3 reaches the tape end, the second tape cassette 3 is automatically switched to the same.

Next, subsequently, the control device 13 automatically performs the cueing of the second tape cassette 3 that has been switched.

That is, the leader tape running time of the normal tape cassette 3 is about 4 to 6 seconds, and in order to avoid the leader tape of the tape cassette 3, the control device 13 is the second one regardless of the presence or absence of the recorded signal. No signal is recorded on the tape cassette 3 and the recording time is measured, and after the no signal recording time set to about 8 seconds is exceeded, the mechanical deck 10 is switched to the recording preparation state and the second tape cassette is recorded. Three
In order to inform the user that the recording has been switched to the recording preparation state, a display is made by the indicator 14 by blinking a lamp or the like.

Then, the user knows from the display of the display 14 that the second tape cassette 3 has been switched to the recording preparation state, and the CD changer 6 of the CD deck 2 sets the second CD 5 to the reproducing state. At the same time as setting, the recording preparation state of the second tape cassette 3 of the tape deck 1 is released to switch the second tape cassette 3 to the recording state.

By repeating the above operation, the CD deck 2
All of the recorded contents of the 5 CDs 5
The data is sequentially recorded on each tape cassette 3. Then, as described above, the tape deck 1 is all when the mechanical deck 10 is stopped during the recording of the tape cassette 3 and when it is determined that the tape cassette 3 is the fifth (last) tape cassette 3. Ends the operation.

According to this tape stick 1, while recording the recorded signal from the CD 5 on the first tape cassette 3, the interruption of the recorded signal is set for a predetermined set time (about 12.5 seconds). The end of the CD 5 is detected by detecting whether or not it has exceeded, and without waiting for the end of the first tape cassette 3 (not related to the presence or absence of the remaining tape in the tape cassette 3). Since the second tape cassette 3 is switched to the recording-ready state, five CDs
It is possible to make the total time required to record all the recorded contents of 5 on the five tape cassettes 3 shorter than the total recording time of the five tape cassettes 3.

Further, the user can
Since it is possible to easily visually confirm that the next tape cassette 3 has been switched to the recording ready state, it is possible to switch the next tape cassette 3 to the recording state in the tape deck 1 or to the next CD 5 in the CD deck 2. You can quickly and easily switch to the playback state.

The above is a description of one embodiment of the present invention.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various effective modifications can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention.
For example, instead of one recording device and recording medium switching device, a plurality of recording media may be attached to a plurality of recording devices. Further, a device having a signal detection circuit for detecting a reproduction signal during reproduction can be used also as the signal detection circuit during recording of the present invention. If a recording medium of a type having no unrecordable portion at the head of the recording medium or an unrecordable portion of the recording medium is sent in advance, no signal may be recorded at the beginning of the recording medium. Further, the present invention is not limited to a tape deck with a cassette changer, but can be applied to a double cassette type tape recorder and various recording / reproducing devices for recording / reproducing various recording media.

[0031]

Since the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, when a recorded signal from a recording medium is recorded on one of a plurality of recording media, the recording medium is terminated by detecting a break of the recorded signal for a predetermined time or more. Is detected and the next recording medium is switched to the recording preparation state without waiting for the end of the recording medium being recorded. The total time required to record all of the recorded contents of a recording medium onto a plurality of recording media without connecting a special signal other than the recorded signal is shorter than the total recording time of a plurality of recording media. Therefore, the recording time can be significantly shortened.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, since the display is made so as to allow the user to sense that the next recording medium has been switched to the recording preparation state, the user switches to the recording state of the recording medium or the recording is performed. Switching to the reproduction state of the medium can be performed quickly and easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating a tape deck, and FIG. 1B is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the tape deck.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an outline of a tape deck and a CD deck.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 tape deck (recording / reproducing device) 2 CD deck (external reproducing device) 3 tape cassette (recording medium) 4 cassette changer (recording medium switching device) 5 CD (recording medium) 6 CD changer (recording medium switching device) 9 Connection cord 10 Mechanical deck (recording / playback mechanism) 12 Signal detection circuit 13 Control device 14 Display (display means)

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[Claims]

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus most suitable for application to, for example, a tape deck equipped with a cassette changer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a single component component product different from a system component component, there is a recording / reproducing device such as a tape deck or a double cassette deck equipped with a cassette changer. In this type of tape deck, recorded signals (audio signals, etc.) from a recording medium such as a CD output from various external reproducing devices such as a CD deck are automatically transferred to a plurality of tape cassettes, which are a plurality of recording media. It can be recorded as a record.

At this time, in order to record the entire contents of the recording medium such as a CD in the tape cassette, a tape cassette having the same recording time or a plurality of tape cassettes having a longer recording time are used. However, since the recording time of the tape cassette cannot be continuously selected, it is common to use a tape cassette having a long recording time.

On the other hand, in the conventional tape deck or the like, once switched to the recording mode, even if a reproduction signal from a recording medium such as a CD is interrupted on the way, the following tape cassettes are recorded until the tape cassette during recording is finished. Cannot switch to tape cassette.

[0005]

Therefore, in a conventional recording / reproducing apparatus such as a tape deck, when the recording time of a recording medium such as a CD is shorter than the recording time of a recording medium such as a tape cassette, the difference time is reduced. No signal is recorded in vain. Therefore, the total sum of the recording times of the contents of a plurality of recording media such as CDs on a plurality of recording media such as tape cassettes is equal to the sum of the recording times of the plurality of recording media, and this is the same for a plurality of recording media such as CDs. Since it is longer than the total recording time of the recording medium, there is a problem that a lot of useless time is spent for recording.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and a special signal other than a recorded signal is provided between a recording / reproducing apparatus such as a tape deck and an external reproducing apparatus such as a CD deck. Provided is a recording / reproducing apparatus capable of detecting the end of a recording medium and switching the next recording medium to a recording-ready state without waiting for the end of the recording medium being recorded, even without connection. The purpose is to do.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention for attaining the above object, a plurality of recording media are mounted, and a plurality of recording signals from an external recording medium are recorded. In the recording / reproducing apparatus for sequentially recording on the recording medium, the recording signal from the recording medium is recorded on one of the plurality of recording media, and a break of the recording signal for a set time or more is detected. A signal detection circuit and a control device for switching the next recording medium to a recording preparation state based on detection of the signal detection circuit without waiting for the end of the recording medium being recorded. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided display means for displaying that the next recording medium has been switched to the recording preparation state.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, the recorded signal from the recording medium is being recorded on one of the plurality of recording media for a predetermined time or more of the recorded signal. By detecting the interruption of the recording medium, the end of the recording medium is detected. Then, without waiting for the end of the recording medium being recorded, the next recording medium is switched to the recording preparation state. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the next recording medium is displayed so that the user can sense that the recording medium is switched to the recording preparation state.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a recording / reproducing apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, FIG. 3 shows a tape deck 1 with a cassette changer, which is an example of a recording / reproducing apparatus as a single component component, and a CD deck 2 with a CD changer, which is an example of an external reproducing apparatus. The tape deck 1 is provided with a cassette changer 4 which is a recording medium switching device for automatically and sequentially switching a plurality of recording media, for example, five tape cassettes 3 to a recording (or reproducing) state, The CD deck 2 is also provided with a CD changer 6 which is a recording medium switching device for automatically switching a plurality of recording media, for example, five CDs 5 to a reproducing state.

Then, the recorded signal output end 8 of the CD deck 2 is connected to the recorded signal input end 7 of the tape deck 1 by a connecting cord 9, and five CDs 5 are sequentially reproduced, and the five CDs 5 are reproduced. All the recorded contents of (1) can be sequentially recorded (recorded) on the five tape cassettes 3.

At this time, usually, the recording time of one tape cassette 3 is longer than the recording time of one CD 5, so after waiting for each tape cassette 3 to finish, In the method of switching to the tape cassette 3 of No. 5, the total time required to record all the recorded contents of the five CDs 5 into the five tape cassettes 3 becomes equal to the total recording time of the five tape cassettes 3. 5 sheets of C
It will be longer than the total recording time of D5.

Therefore, in the present invention, recording of five CDs 5 is performed without connecting any special signal (for example, mutual control signal between the tape deck 1 and the CD deck 2) other than the recorded signal from the CD 5. The total time required to record the entire contents on the five tape cassettes 3 is set to be shorter than the total recording time on the five tape cassettes 3. The details will be described below.

That is, first, as shown in FIG. 1 , the tape deck 1 is a recording / reproducing mechanism in which the cassette changer 3 and five tape cassettes 3 are sequentially and automatically mounted by the cassette changer 4. A mechanical deck 10, a signal detection circuit 12 for detecting an interruption of a recorded signal by a recording / reproducing circuit 11 for a predetermined time or more, a timer for measuring a non-signal time, a time measured by the timer and a preset time. The control device 13 including a microcomputer for controlling the mechanical deck 10 and the cassette changer 3 according to the result of the comparator and the tape cassette 3 and the next tape cassette 3 are switched to the recording preparation state ( Display 1 which is a display means for notifying the user of a recording standby state) by a method such as blinking a lamp.
4 and an operation section 15 which is an operation button for allowing the user to instruct the control device 13 from outside to record or reproduce or to switch the tape cassette 3.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2, for explaining the control operation of the tape deck 1 in Fig.

First, at the start point, the controller 13 drives the cassette changer 4 in accordance with an instruction from the operation unit 15 by the user to mount the first tape cassette 3 on the mechanical deck 10. At this time, it is determined whether or not the tape cassette 3 has been mounted, and if the mounting is completed,
Further, after determining whether or not it is the first tape cassette 3, the mechanical deck 10 is switched to the recording preparation state. If the mounting is not completed, the above operation is repeated until the first tape cassette 3 is correctly mounted on the mechanical deck 10.

Next, the user sets the CD deck 2 in the reproducing state and inputs the recorded signal from the CD 5 to the tape deck 1, and at the same time, switches the mechanical deck 10 to the recording state to record the recorded signal from the CD 5. Recording starts on the first tape cassette 3.

At this time, the signal detection circuit 12 monitors the presence or absence of a recorded signal from the CD 5 all the time so as to perform a so-called inter-track check of the CD 5, and informs the controller 13 of the presence or absence of the recorded signal. Inform.

Next, when the signal detection circuit 12 detects that the recorded signal from the CD 5 is interrupted and becomes a non-signal state, the control device 13 measures the interrupt (time) of the recorded signal and It is detected whether or not the interruption time of the recorded signal exceeds a preset set time.

At this time, the time between songs of CD5 is usually about 4 to 5
The setting time is about 12.5 seconds, which is about three times the time between songs. Therefore, if the break time of the recorded signal is within about 4 to 5 seconds, the CD5
It is determined that it is the time between songs and the recording state of the tape cassette 3 is maintained as it is.

On the other hand, the interruption time of the recorded signal is about 12.
When the set time of 5 seconds is exceeded, it is determined that the recording time of the CD 5 has ended, and the control device 13 stops the mechanical deck 10 and drives the cassette changer 4 to drive the second (next ) Automatically switch to tape cassette 3. At this time, during monitoring of the presence or absence of a recorded signal from the CD 5, even when the first tape cassette 3 reaches the tape end, the second tape cassette 3 is automatically switched to the same.

Next, subsequently, the control device 13 automatically performs the cueing of the second tape cassette 3 that has been switched.

That is, the running time of the leader tape of the normal tape cassette 3 is about 4 to 6 seconds, and in order to avoid the leader tape of the tape cassette 3, the control device 13 has the second time regardless of the presence or absence of the recorded signal. No signal is recorded on the tape cassette 3 and the recording time is measured, and after the no signal recording time set to about 8 seconds is exceeded, the mechanical deck 10 is switched to the recording preparation state and the second tape cassette is recorded. Three
In order to inform the user that the recording has been switched to the recording preparation state, a display is made by the indicator 14 by blinking a lamp or the like.

Then, the user knows from the display of the display 14 that the second tape cassette 3 has been switched to the recording ready state, and the CD changer 6 of the CD deck 2 puts the second CD 5 into the reproducing state. At the same time as setting, the recording preparation state of the second tape cassette 3 of the tape deck 1 is released to switch the second tape cassette 3 to the recording state.

By repeating the above operation, the CD deck 2
All of the recorded contents of the 5 CDs 5
The data is sequentially recorded on each tape cassette 3. Then, as described above, the tape deck 1 is all when the mechanical deck 10 is stopped during the recording of the tape cassette 3 and when it is determined that the tape cassette 3 is the fifth (last) tape cassette 3. Ends the operation.

According to this tape stick 1, while recording the recorded signal from the CD 5 on the first tape cassette 3, the interruption of the recorded signal is set for a predetermined time (about 12.5 seconds). The end of the CD 5 is detected by detecting whether or not it has exceeded, and without waiting for the end of the first tape cassette 3 (not related to the presence or absence of the remaining tape in the tape cassette 3). Since the second tape cassette 3 is switched to the recording-ready state, five CDs
It is possible to make the total time required to record all the recorded contents of 5 on the five tape cassettes 3 shorter than the total recording time of the five tape cassettes 3.

Further, the user can
Since it is possible to easily visually confirm that the next tape cassette 3 has been switched to the recording ready state, it is possible to switch the next tape cassette 3 to the recording state in the tape deck 1 or to the next CD 5 in the CD deck 2. You can quickly and easily switch to the playback state.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various effective modifications can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention.
For example, instead of one recording device and recording medium switching device, a plurality of recording media may be attached to a plurality of recording devices. Further, a device having a signal detection circuit for detecting a reproduction signal during reproduction can be used also as the signal detection circuit during recording of the present invention. If a recording medium of a type having no unrecordable portion at the head of the recording medium or an unrecordable portion of the recording medium is sent in advance, no signal may be recorded at the beginning of the recording medium. Further, the present invention is not limited to a tape deck with a cassette changer, but can be applied to a double cassette type tape recorder and various recording / reproducing devices for recording / reproducing various recording media.

[0029]

Since the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, when a recorded signal from a recording medium is recorded on one of a plurality of recording media, the recording medium is terminated by detecting a break of the recorded signal for a predetermined time or more. Is detected and the next recording medium is switched to the recording preparation state without waiting for the end of the recording medium being recorded. The total time required to record all of the recorded contents of a recording medium onto a plurality of recording media without connecting a special signal other than the recorded signal is shorter than the total recording time of a plurality of recording media. Therefore, it is possible to significantly reduce the recording time.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, since the display is made so that the user can sense that the next recording medium has been switched to the recording preparation state, the user switches to the recording state of the recording medium or the recording is performed. Switching to the reproduction state of the medium can be performed quickly and easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a tape deck.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the tape deck .
Is.

[Figure 3] Outline of tape deck and CD deck
It is a perspective view.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 tape deck (recording / reproducing device) 2 CD deck (external reproducing device) 3 tape cassette (recording medium) 4 cassette changer (recording medium switching device) 5 CD (recording medium) 6 CD changer (recording) Medium switching device) 9 Connection cord 10 Mechanical deck (recording / reproducing mechanism) 12 Signal detection circuit 13 Control device 14 Display (display means)

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A recording / reproducing apparatus in which a plurality of recording media are mounted and recording signals from an external recording medium are sequentially recorded in the plurality of recording media, wherein the recording signals from the recording medium are recorded. During recording on one of the plurality of recording media, a signal detection circuit for detecting a break in the recorded signal for a set time or more, and without waiting for the end of the recording medium being recorded based on the detection of the signal detection circuit. And a control device for switching the next recording medium to a recording preparation state. 2. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying that the next recording medium has been switched to a recording preparation state.