JP2001250319A - Information recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new information recording and reproducing device with which information required for a recording is clearly indicated and recording operations are easily conducted. SOLUTION: The device is provided with a means to display information on the external display screen of the device and a means to conduct operations by selecting and deciding operating buttons on the screen while confirming the information displayed on the screen.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for recording and reproducing information on and from a medium, and more particularly to an information recording and reproducing apparatus for setting and recording recording conditions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In addition to a compact cassette deck, there are MD recorders and the like as a system for reproducing a medium on which audio information is recorded. Recently, a CD recorder that can record on a compact disk (CD) having a diameter of 12 cm has appeared. did.

[0003] Among the CD recorders that have recently appeared, there are a device that mounts one disk drive and a device that mounts two disk drives so that the dubbing operation of a CD can be performed more easily. The operations on these recording devices can be performed using the information display window on the main unit,
While checking the dubbing setting status and device operation status,
This is performed by pressing a button on the main body or a remote controller (hereinafter, referred to as a remote controller).

[0004]

The information display window provided in the main body is difficult to obtain a large display area due to restrictions on the size of the device, etc., and the display size of information such as characters and symbols is small. It is difficult to display a large amount of information at a time, and it is difficult for a user to easily confirm the operation state of the recording apparatus, information on a recording source side, and information on a recording medium.

Further, it has been difficult to easily perform an operation of selecting information to be recorded, an operation of setting a recording method, and an operation of recording control.

In addition, since the display information cannot be confirmed unless it is near the main body display window, the user has to move to the vicinity of the main body to perform the recording operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, display information on an external display, easily operate the displayed information by operating a remote control controller, set equipment, and perform other operations. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of easily confirming a device operation status.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to provide a means for displaying information and status of a medium on a source side to be recorded, and a means for displaying recorded information and status of a medium to be recorded. Means for displaying the setting information of the recording method, means for changing the setting of the recording method, displaying the operation control of the device on an external monitor and selecting and confirming them, and displaying the operation status of the device on the external monitor. It is possible to solve the problem effectively by providing a means for displaying the information.

By adopting such means,
It is possible to easily select information to be recorded and confirm the recording capacity, recording information, and recording status of the recording medium. Further, it is possible to easily confirm the setting information at the time of recording and the end of the recording during the recording operation.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an information recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to embodiments of the present invention according to some embodiments shown in the drawings. The same symbols in FIGS. 1 to 15 indicate the same or similar objects.

An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a recording / reproducing apparatus of a CD system will be described.

FIG. 1 shows the components of the system. 1
00 is a main body of the recording / reproducing apparatus, 101 is a reproducing drive for inserting a CD to be recorded, and 102 is a CD to be recorded.
Is a recording drive for inserting a disk, 104 is a display window for displaying the operating state of the inserted disk or device, 103 is a remote control light receiving unit for receiving a control signal of a remote control, 105
Is an external monitor, 106 is a dubbing mode switching button,
107 denotes a dubbing start button, and 200 denotes a remote controller.

FIG. 2 shows buttons of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG. 201 is a power button, 202 is a numeric key button, 203 is a CD REC MENU button, 204 is a cancel button, 205 is a cursor up button, 206 is a cursor down button, 207 is a cursor left button, 208 is a cursor right button, and 2 is a cursor right button.
09 is a decision button, 210 is a jog dial, and 211 is a shuttle dial.

FIG. 3 shows a CD of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG.
REC MENU button and cursor keys 205, 206, 2
The type of screen displayed on the external monitor 205 by pressing the 07, 208 button and the enter button 209 is shown.

Reference numeral 300 denotes a CD REC of the remote controller 200.
This is a CD REC MENU screen first displayed when the MENU button 203 is pressed, and the selection buttons in this screen are designated by the cursor buttons 205, 206, and 2 of the remote controller 200.
07, 208, by pressing the decision button 209, the ALL TRACK DUBBING screen 301,
SINGLE TRACK DUBBING screen 30
2. PROGRAM DUBBING screen 303, OP
The screen transits to a TICAL IN screen 304, a COAXIAL IN screen 305, an ANALOG IN screen 306, and an EDIT screen 307. FIG. 4 shows blocks constituting an information recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention.

The information recording / reproducing apparatus 100 of the present invention uses the information of a CD disk (not shown) mounted on the reproduction drive # 101 to convert the information of the CD-R disk (not shown) or CD-RW mounted on the recording drive # 102. Disk (not shown)
This is a device for recording on a computer.

Under the control of the central processing unit 400, the information recording / reproducing apparatus 100 is controlled to realize a desired operation.

Playback drive 101 and recording drive 102
Is displayed on the external display device (external monitor) 105, and the user performs necessary operations while viewing the display screen.

The key information from the remote controller 200 is transmitted to the remote control light-receiving unit 103, and buttons such as the dubbing mode switching button 106 and the dubbing start button 107 arranged on the information recording / reproducing apparatus main body are transmitted to the operation unit 401. The central processing unit 400 receives the respective inputs and determines the key information (the key code of the remote control button or the main body button) and controls the other blocks.

The central processing unit 400 controls a CD mounted on the reproduction drive 101 via the reproduction drive control unit 402.
The information of the disk is read and stored in the storage unit 403.
Under the control of the central processing unit 400, the stored information of the CD disk is recorded on a CD-R disk or a CD-RW disk mounted on the recording drive 102 via the recording drive control unit 404.

The simple operation state (dubbing state, stop state, etc.) is also displayed on the main body display (display window) 104, but detailed operation states (total number of tracks on the reproduction side, reproduction time of each track) , Remaining recordable time, audio playback status, information about information compression, etc.) and operation screens, etc., output video signals via the external display output unit 405 and display them on the external display device 105.

When recording information from outside the recording / reproducing apparatus, inputs from the optical digital input terminal 406, the coaxial digital input terminal 407, and the analog input terminal 408 are
The selection is made by the input selection unit 409 and the recording drive control unit 404 is selected.
Through the recording drive 102.

The playback drive 1 does not go through the storage unit 403.
01, or the information (data) from the outside or the information (data) directly to the recording drive 102.
Can also be transferred and recorded.

Next, a specific operation procedure will be described.

First, the CD REC M of the remote controller 200
When the ENU button 203 is pressed, the CDR shown in FIG.
The ECORDING MENU is displayed on the external monitor 105. 501 is a DUBBING button, 502 is SO
URCE button, 503 is EDIT button, 504 is ALL T
RACK DUBBING button, 505 is SINGLET
RACK DUBBING button, 506 is PROGRAM
A DUBBING button, which can be selected by pressing the cursor buttons 205, 206, 207, and 208 of the remote controller 200, confirmed by the enter button 209, and transited to each screen. FIG.
In (a), a DUBBING button 501 on the screen is displayed.
Are displayed in a color (in this example) different from those of the other buttons 502 to 506, indicating that the cursor has selected the DUBBING button 501.

That is, when the cursor is on the DUBBING button 50,
1 has been selected, the ALL TRACK DUBBING button 50 is selected as a selection item related to DUBBING.
4. SINGLE TRACK DUBBING button 50
5. PROGRAM DUBBING button 506 is displayed.

ALL TRACK DUBBING button 5
5 is selected by pressing the cursor right button 208 of the remote controller 200 in the state of FIG.
ALL TRACK DU on the screen as shown in (b)
The cursor is moved to the BBING button 504. this is,
It is expressed by changing the color of the ALL TRACK DUBBING button 504 to cyan which means a cursor. At this time, the DUBBING button on the screen
The buttons 504 to 506 related to BBING are displayed in yellow to make it easier to recognize that the cursor is selected.

SINGLE TRACK DUBBIN
To select the G button 505, in the state of the screen shown in FIG.
Press twice and select the PROGRAM DUBBING button 306 by pressing the cursor down button 206 of the remote controller 200 twice.

When the cursor down button 206 of the remote controller 200 is pressed in the screen state shown in FIG. 5A, as shown in FIG.
A CE button 502 is selected, and an OPTICALIN button 507, which is a button related to source selection from an external input, a COA
XIAL IN button 508, ANALOG IN button 509
Can be displayed.

OPTICAL IN is an optical digital input, COAXIAL IN is a coaxial digital input, AN
ALOG IN means an analog input.

Further, when the cursor down button 206 of the remote controller 200 is pressed on the screen shown in FIG.
The EDIT button 503 is selected as shown in FIG.

At this time, the function 510 meaning EDIT is displayed on the screen as text.

Next, a case will be described in which all tracks of the CD inserted in the source disk drive 101 shown in FIG. 1 are dubbed to the disk inserted in the disk drive 102.

As shown in FIG. 5B, ALL on the screen is displayed.
With the TRACK DUBBING button selected,
When the enter button 209 of the remote controller 200 is pressed, FIG.
ALL TRACK DUBBIN as shown in (a)
The G screen is displayed. Reference numeral 601 denotes an information display area of the disk inserted in the reproduction-side disk drive 101 of the recording / reproduction apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1, and 602 denotes an information display area of the disk inserted in the recording-side disk drive 102.

Reference numeral 603 denotes the type of the reproducing disk, 604 denotes a disk title to be displayed when CDTEXT information is recorded on the reproducing disk, 605 denotes the total number of tracks of the reproducing disk, 606 denotes the total time, and 607 denotes the inside of the reproducing disk. Track information 608 is the type of recording-side disc,
609 is a disc title displayed when CDTEXT is recorded on the recording side disc, 610 is the number of already recorded tracks, 611 is the remaining recordable time, 612 is already recorded track information, 613.
Is image information for visually checking the remaining time that can be recorded on the inserted recording disc. Further, 614 is a DUBB START button, 615 is a TEXT EDIT button for transiting to a CDTEXT edit screen, 616 is a CANCEL button for returning to the screen of FIG.
17 is DUBB SPEED to switch dubbing speed
A button 618 is used to select whether or not to perform finalization processing after the end of the dubbing processing.
This is the INALIZE button. By selecting the DUBB SPEED button using the cursor buttons 205 to 208 of the remote controller 200 and pressing the enter button 209, the dubbing speed can be switched between the constant speed and the double speed, and can be confirmed by the display 619. Whether the finalization process is performed automatically is determined by AUTO FINAL
By operating the ISE button 618 in the same manner, it is possible to confirm by the display of 620. In FIG. 7A, a button 620 indicating lighting is displayed, indicating that the finalizing process is automatically performed after the dubbing process.

Here, the finalization is a process of recording an audio signal of a CD format on a CD-R or a CD-R and then reproducing the audio signal on a general CD player.

The user can easily confirm the number of music pieces of the CD to be recorded, the total time, the number of music pieces already recorded on the disk side to be recorded from now on, and the total time available for recording from this screen shown in FIG. It is possible to easily operate and confirm the setting items of the dubbing process such as the setting of the dubbing speed and the automatic finalization.

To perform a dubbing operation, the remote controller 2
DUBB S by the cursor buttons 205 to 208 of 00
The user selects the TART button 614 and presses the enter button 209.
Then, as shown in FIG. 7B, a screen 621 for confirming whether the dubbing process can be started is displayed. Here, when the Yes button 621 is selected and determined by the above-described method, the dubbing process is started, and the screen shown in FIG. 8A is displayed. When the No button 622 is selected and the enter button 209 is pressed, the screen returns to the screen shown in FIG. 7A without performing the dubbing process. In FIG. 7, a screen 621 for confirming whether the dubbing process can be started is displayed. However, whether or not to display the confirmation screen can be realized in any manner according to the user's intention or product specifications.

During the dubbing process, as shown in FIG. 8, another rack number 701, the elapsed time 702 of the track being reproduced on the reproducing disk, the track number 703 being recorded on the recording disk, and the like are recorded. Track elapsed time 7
04, animation 70 expressing dubbing process
5, a remaining time 706 until the end of the dubbing process, and an image 707 indicating the track being recorded are displayed.

FIG. 9 shows the display 705 in more detail. In FIG. 9A, reference numeral 901 denotes a disk on the reproduction side;
02 denotes a recording side disk, and 903 denotes data. By displaying in order of (a), (b), and (c) in FIG. 9, it is expressed that information is dubbed from the disc on the reproducing side to the disc on the recording side. The operation status of the device can be recognized.

If the automatic finalizing process is set to be performed automatically, the finalizing process is performed after the dubbing process and the animation display during dubbing are completed, and at the same time, the animation during dubbing shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. An animation expressing finalizing is displayed at the position where the finalization is being performed.

When the finalization processing is completed, an animation representing the end of the processing is displayed at the position where the animation indicating the finalization was displayed.

As described above, the user can easily recognize the operation status of the device by the animation on the screen. In the ALL TRACK DUBBING mode, since it is premised that all audio tracks on the playback disc are dubbed, automatic finalization is set as an initial state. In FIG. 7, the Dubb Speed is × 1 (constant speed), but × 2 (double speed) is set in the initial state. In this initial state, the user does not need to be aware of it and keeps the ALL TRACK DUBBIN
G can be run.

Before starting the dubbing process, it is also possible to add a title to the music to be dubbed and record it on the recording disk. This is shown in FIG.
By selecting the EDIT button 615 and pressing the enter button 209 of the remote controller 200, a transition is made to the screen shown in FIG.

Here, reference numeral 1001 denotes a disc title information display area of the reproduction side disc, 1002 denotes an artist name display area, 1003 denotes a track number, 1004 denotes a track time, and 1005 denotes a track title (song name) of each track. , 1006 are scroll buttons for displaying a track that is not displayed and a track title, 1007 is a cursor indicating a text input position, 1008 is a Fi for ending text input and editing.
A “nish Edit” button 1009 is a Cancel button for canceling input and editing operations.

For inputting characters, the cursor buttons 205 to 208, the enter button 209, the jog dial 210 and the shuttle ring 211 of the remote controller 200 are used. First, the cursor buttons 205 to 208 are pressed to move the cursor to a position where a character is to be input. FIG. 10A shows that the cursor is located at the first character of track 1 (first song).

Next, the jog dial 2 of the remote controller 200
By rotating 10, text A is displayed at the position of the cursor on the screen. When the jog dial 210 is further rotated clockwise, the display characters can be changed in the forward direction of the alphabet, such as B, C, and the like. When the jog dial 210 is rotated counterclockwise, the display characters can be displayed in the reverse direction of the alphabet. Can be changed.

Switching to lowercase letters, numbers and special symbols of the alphabet is performed by the shuttle ring 211 of the remote controller 200.
Is switched by rotating.

After a character is selected, the input of the selected character can be confirmed by pressing the enter button 209 of the remote controller 200 or by pressing the cursor buttons 205 to 208 to move the cursor position.

As described above, the jog dial 210 and the shuttle ring 2 of the remote controller 200 are viewed while watching the display on the screen.
11. By operating the cursor buttons 205 to 208 and the decision button 209, a desired character can be easily and quickly selected. For SINGLE TRACK DUBBING,
Since it is assumed that there may be songs to be dubbed next, the initial setting is a mode in which automatic finalization is not performed. In FIG. 11, Du is set as the initial state.
bb Speed is set at x1 (constant speed). This is S
In the case of INGLE TRACK DUBBING, it is assumed that there may be the next song to be dubbed, so it is necessary to clearly inform the user when to dub the next song based on the end of dubbing of the song currently being dubbed. . In this case, for example, if the playback is performed at Dubb Speed of × 1 (constant speed), if the output is output, the user can easily confirm the end of the dubbing of the song currently being dubbed by listening to the output. . In the case of SINGLE TRACK DUBBING, it is considered that the playback output is often monitored while dubbing to check the playback content.
It is very convenient for the user if d is reproduced at x1 (constant speed). However, Dubb Speed is × 1 (constant speed)
The playback speed is not necessarily limited to this, and any speed may be set as the initial state as long as the playback speed allows the user to easily confirm the end of dubbing of the song currently being dubbed. Similarly, as for the playback speed when monitoring the playback output and checking the playback content, any speed may be set as the initial state as long as the playback speed allows the playback content to be checked. In this initial state, the user can execute SINGLETRACK DUBBING without being aware of anything. In the above description, it is assumed that the reproduction speed for outputting the reproduction output and the Dubb Speed are the same speed. However, the playback speed and the playback output of the playback drive do not necessarily have to be the same speed. For example, the playback speed of the playback drive is set to be faster than the constant speed, and the output from the playback drive is stored in a storage medium. In addition, it can be output as a constant speed reproduction output. However, when the output from the reproducing drive is stored in the above storage medium, depending on the capacity of the storage medium to be used, it is necessary to devise such that the reproducing drive is not reproduced continuously but reproduced discontinuously. In some cases, However, assuming that the playback speed of the playback drive is faster than the constant speed, the output from the playback drive is output to the recording drive at the same speed while storing the output from the storage medium, and dubbing is performed at the same speed Dubb Speed. You can do it. In this way, the playback drive always reads the information in advance, so even if an error occurs in the playback process on the playback drive for some reason, the abnormalities will only occur during the prefetching period. Can be performed.
However, depending on the use of the above storage media, Dubb
In some cases, the Speed itself does not necessarily have to be a constant value and need not be a fixed value.

Next, an operation procedure for dubbing a desired track (song) from the disc on the reproducing side will be described.

In the screen shown in FIG.
By pressing the 0 cursor buttons 205 to 208, the SINGLE TRACK DUBBING button 5 on the screen is displayed.
05 is selected and the decision button 209 is pressed,
The screen shown in (a) is displayed.

At this time, the cursor 1101 has selected the first track of the disc on the reproduction side, and the user selects the track to be recorded by pressing the cursor buttons 205 to
Press 209 to select. At this time, the information of the track selected by the cursor is displayed as the track number 1002 and the track time 1003 on the reproduction disk side. Then, when the enter button 209 of the remote controller 200 is pressed down to confirm, a screen shown in FIG. 11B is displayed.

The reference numeral 1004 in FIG.
In this screen, the selected track is displayed, and this screen indicates that track 3 has been selected. Here, by selecting the DUBB START button 614, the dubbing process can be started or the TEXT EDIT can be started.
Selecting the T button 615 to input and edit the track title, and selecting the DUBB START button to set the dubbing speed are described in the above-mentioned ALL.
Since it is the same as TRACK DUBBING, the description is omitted.

As described above, when the user wants to dub only one track (song) from the reproduction-side disc to the recording-side disc, the information on the track of the reproduction-side disc and the recording of the recording-side disc are performed. A desired track can be easily selected while checking the available time and the like.

Next, PROG for dubbing an arbitrary track (song) of the disk on the reproducing side in a user's favorite order.
The procedure of RAM DUBBING will be described.

On the screen shown in FIG. 5A, PROGRAM DUBBING on the screen is selected by pressing the cursor buttons 205 to 208 of the remote controller 200.
When the enter button 209 is pressed, a screen shown in FIG. 12A is displayed.

In FIG. 12A, reference numeral 1201 denotes the track number of the disc on the reproduction side; 1202, the track title displayed when CDTEXT information is present; 1203, the total time of the track selected by the cursor; , 1205 is a display area of the track number designated in each order of the program, 1206 is a display area of the track time information of those tracks, 1207 is the remaining recordable time of the recording side disk, and 1208 is the reproduction side disk. Scroll buttons for scrolling the track information of the display to display tracks that are not displayed;
Reference numeral 09 denotes a scroll button for displaying a portion of the track information, which is the result of programming, that is not displayed on the screen. Reference numeral 1210 denotes S for finalizing the program settings.
An ET button, 1211 is an ALL CLEAR button for clearing all set programs, and 1212 is a cancel button for canceling program settings and returning the cursor to the PROGRAM DUBBING button 506 selection state on the screen shown in FIG. It is.

The program is set by pressing the cursor buttons 205 to 208 of the remote controller 200 to select the reproduction side tracks to be recorded in order 1 on the screen shown in FIG. 12A and pressing the enter button 209. Then, the determined track number is displayed in the track number display area 1205 of the program order 1 and the total time of the track is displayed in the 1206 portion. The program is set by the same operation in order 2 and thereafter.

FIG. 12B shows an example of a screen when programs are set in the order of track 5, track 2, and track 9.

Here, the cursor buttons 205 to 208 and the decision button 209 of the remote controller 200 on the screen are operated to
When the EL button 1211 is confirmed, the program in the program is stopped, and the cursor is moved to the PR on the screen shown in FIG.
Return to the OGRAM DUBBING button 506 selection state.
When the ALL CLEAR button 1212 is confirmed, all the programs that have already been set are released, and the area displaying the programmed track and track time is blank as shown in FIG.

In the case where dubbing is performed by a program which the user has already set, when the SET button 1210 is confirmed, the screen transits to the screen shown in FIG. 1301 corresponds to FIG.
The tracks set in (b) are displayed in program order, and the screen shows DUBB STAR
T button 614, TEXT EDIT button 615, CANCE
An L button 616 and a DUBB SPEED button 617 are displayed.

The dubbing is started by the displayed program by selecting the DUBB START button 614 with the cursor buttons 205 to 208 of the remote controller 200 and pressing the enter button 209. During the dubbing process, the animation 705 shown in FIG. 8 is displayed as described above.

TEXT EDIT button 615, CANCE
AL button 616 and DUBB SPEED operation
Since it is the same as in the case of L TRACK DUBBING, the description is omitted. In the case of PROGRAM DUBBING, it is assumed that there may be songs to be dubbed by adding a program next, so the default setting is a mode without automatic finalization. In FIG. 13, Dubb
Speed is × 1 (constant speed), but in the initial state, × 2
(Double speed) is set. In this initial state, the user can leave the PROGRA
M DUBBING can be performed.

The present recording / reproducing apparatus can be used for dubbing from a disc inserted in the disc drive 101 on the reproducing side.
A signal input from an external input terminal can also be recorded. Optical digital input (OPTICAL)
IN), coaxial digital input (COAXIAL IN),
There is an analog input (ANALOG IN). The recording operation procedure from these external inputs will be described.

First, in order to perform recording from the optical digital input, the OPTIC on the screen shown in FIG.
Press the AL IN button 507 with the cursor button 20
Select by pressing 5-208
Press. Then, the screen shown in FIG. 14A is displayed on the external monitor 105. Reference numeral 608 denotes an area for displaying information on a recording-side disc.
Icon representing TICAL IN, 1402
Is an AU that is set to automatically record track information
A TO TRACK button 1403 is used to perform a setting for automatically controlling a recording operation (synchronized recording) according to an input signal.
YNC button, 1404 is REC START button, 1405
Is a CANCEL button. 1406 is AUTO TR
FIG. 14A shows an image indicating the setting state of ACK. In the example of FIG. 14A, it indicates that AUTO TRACK has been set, and 1407 indicates an image indicating that sync recording has not been set.

To start recording an OPTICAL IN signal, the user selects the REC START button 1404 on the screen with the cursor buttons 205 to 208 of the remote controller 200 and presses the determination button 209. The screen changes to the screen shown in FIG. 14B, and the recording process is started. Reference numeral 1408 denotes an animation indicating a recording-side disc, and reference numeral 1409 denotes an animation indicating movement of data, which indicates that a recording process from an optical digital input is being performed. Reference numeral 1410 denotes a REC PAUSE button for temporarily stopping recording processing;
1 is a track number of a recording disk, and 1412 is an image indicating a track being recorded.

In the case of recording a signal from the coaxial digital input, the operation procedure and screen display are almost the same as those in the case of the optical digital input.

To record an analog input signal, FIG.
In the screen shown in (a), ANALOG IN on the screen
509 is selected and confirmed by the cursor button and the decision button of the remote controller 200. Then, the screen shown in FIG. 15A is displayed on the external monitor 105.

Reference numeral 1501 denotes an image indicating an analog input;
02 is a display area for information on the disc on the recording side;
Is a REC START button for starting a recording operation, 150
4 is an AUTO TRACK button, and 1505 is an AUTO for setting whether to activate an automatic recording level adjusting function.
REC LEVEL button, 1506 is CANCEL button, 1
An image 507 indicates an AUTO REC LEVEL setting state. In this screen example, an AUTO REC LEVEL is displayed.
L indicates a non-functional setting. At this time, the recording level can be set by the user, and 1508 and 1509 are recording level adjustment buttons, 151
0 indicates a recording level. Here, the user selects the recording level adjustment buttons 1508 and 1509 by pressing the cursor buttons 205 to 208 of the remote controller 200 and presses the determination button 2
By pressing 09, it is possible to set the recording level. The set recording level can be confirmed on the recording level display 1510.

To start recording, use REC S on the screen.
When the TART button 1505 is selected and determined by the remote controller, a recording process is started. During the recording process and after the recording process is completed, an animation image is displayed as in the case of OPTICAL IN.

In this embodiment, the case where the recording level is set manually for recording has been described.
When recording using the EVEL function, AUTO R
Press the ECLEVEL button 1505 with the cursor button 20 on the remote control.
It is possible to activate the AUTO REC LEVEL function by selecting from 5 to 208 and pressing the enter button 209. When recording a signal from an external input terminal, it is assumed that songs may be added one after another and dubbing may be performed. Therefore, an initial setting is a mode in which automatic finalization is not performed. When recording a signal from an external input terminal, DubbSpeed is assumed to be × 1 (constant speed). Therefore, in FIG. 14, Dubb Speed is not displayed, but × 2 (double speed) may be set. it can. In this initial state, the user can execute recording of the signal from the external input terminal without any consideration and in the initial state. Of course, as in the case of SINGLE TRACK DUBBING, the Dubb Speed may be set at x1 (constant speed) as an initial state.

The present recording / reproducing apparatus can edit and add CDTEXT information, and perform finalization and unfinalization processing after recording an audio signal and the like, and the operation procedure thereof will be described.

When the user selects the EDIT button 503 on the screen and presses the enter button 209 of the remote controller 200,
The screen shown in (b) is displayed.

Reference numeral 1511 denotes an image indicating editing, and reference numeral 1512 denotes an image.
This is an information display area of the recording-side disk. To add or edit information such as the disk title, artist name, and track title of the disk inserted in the recording-side disk drive, a TEXT EDIT button 1513 is used.
Is selected by pressing the cursor buttons 205 to 208 of the remote controller 200, and the CD T
Display the EXT edit screen. The editing method of the CD TEXT is the same as the method described in the operation description of FIG.
To finalize a disc that has not been finalized, the finalize button 1514 can be selected by pressing the cursor buttons 205 to 208 of the remote controller 200 and operated by pressing the enter button 209. In FIG. 15 (b), the Last Erase button 151
No. 6 is used to erase only the last song when the recording medium is a CD-RW disc. All Erase button 1517
Is used to erase all recorded songs when the recording medium is a CD-RW disc. FIG.
FIG. 13B is a diagram in which the Finalize button 1514 in FIG. 13B is replaced with an Unfinalize button.
It can be realized by a toggle operation by pressing 4 twice consecutively. The Unfinalize button 1518 is used to cancel finalization when the finalized recording medium is a CD-RW disc, to record additional songs, to erase only the last song, or to erase all recorded songs. use.

As described in the present embodiment, the user operates the display by displaying the information of the reproduction and recording media, various setting information, the operation status of the device, and the operation buttons on the screen of the external monitor. Information necessary for the recording operation can be easily confirmed, and the operation can be easily performed.

The present embodiment is more effective when the number of recording sources to be selected is large or when setting items for recording are large.

This is particularly effective when a medium such as a CD-R which cannot be erased once recorded is used.

In the present embodiment, the method of operating while viewing the information displayed on the external monitor 105 has been described, but the information display window 104 provided in the main body of the recording / reproducing apparatus 100 is described.
Can be operated by pressing the dubbing mode switching button 106 and the dubbing start button 107 while confirming the information displayed in.

In this case, in order to record all information in the disk inserted in the disk drive on the reproducing side of the recording / reproducing apparatus 100 on the disk inserted in the disk drive on the recording side, the dubbing mode switching button 106 Is pressed, the information display window 104 displays “ALL T
Confirm that the characters "RACK DUBBING" are displayed, and press the dubbing start button 107 to start the dubbing process.

To dub one specific track (one song) in the disc on the reproducing side, the dubbing mode switch button 106 is pressed twice to bring up the information display window 10.
By confirming that the characters "SINGLE TRACK DUBBING" are displayed in 4 and pressing a numeric key 202 of the remote controller 200 to specify a specific track, dubbing processing of only one track can be started.

In order to dub a specific track in the disc on the reproduction side in a desired order, the character "PROGRAM DUBBING" is displayed on the information display window 104 by pressing the dubbing mode switching button 106 three times. After confirming this, it is also possible to start the recording process by pressing the dubbing start button 107 after sequentially specifying the tracks to be recorded using the numeric keys of the remote controller 200.

As described above, the CD RE of the remote controller 200
Even when the operation is performed with the buttons of the recording / reproducing apparatus body and the numeric keys of the remote controller without pressing the C MENU 203, the information on the discs on the reproducing side and the recording side, the information indicating the operation state, Is displayed, so that the user can easily recognize the operation state of the device.

The playback drive is not limited to CD playback,
It goes without saying that any drive capable of reproducing information recording media, such as D reproduction and VCD reproduction, is included in this category.

The recording drive is for CD-R recording,
Not only D-RW recording, DVD-RAM recording, DVD-
It goes without saying that any drive that can record on an information recording medium that can record, such as R recording and DVD-RW recording, is included in this category. If the information recording medium mounted on the recording drive is an audio-only disc and no audio information is recorded on the information recording medium mounted on the reproduction drive, it is also effective to display a warning such as Invalid Disc. Also, when recording cannot be performed due to the recording density, the recording capacity, and the like, it is effective to display a warning to that effect. In the above description, audio information is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. If the information is not suitable for processing in the information recording / reproducing apparatus, processing for the inappropriateness is performed. Cases that are not appropriate for processing include the case where a disc that cannot be played back is inserted on the playback drive side, the case where the disc is inserted upside down, and the recording drive side cannot perform recording processing (recording density differs, This includes cases where a disc is inserted, or a disc is inserted upside down, as well as information contents and data formats that are not assumed by the signal processing system of the device. And the like. In addition, the processing for the inappropriate state includes displaying and warning that the state is not appropriate, ejecting the disk, and the like. An information recording medium mounted on the reproduction drive and an information recording medium mounted on the recording drive,
When the recording densities are different, it is also possible to adopt a method of adjusting the rotational speeds of the two to match the recording densities of the two. For example, it is possible to store the output from the playback drive in a storage medium, and output it to a recording drive for recording. In that case, depending on the capacity of the storage medium to be used, the playback drive is played back at a speed higher than the constant speed, stored in the storage medium, and stored in the recording drive so that the recording can be performed at a speed lower than the playback speed of the playback drive. It is also possible to output from a medium to a recording drive. However, there may be a case where at least a device for discontinuously reproducing the reproduction drive is required. Further, as another means, it is possible to record the reproduction output from the reproduction drive already stored in the storage medium at a speed higher than the constant speed by the recording drive. By doing so, for example, recording can be performed at a higher speed than at a constant speed, so that there is an advantage that the recording time can be reduced for the user. Of course, it is necessary to control the information including the reproduction drive so that information is supplied from the storage medium to the recording drive so that the recording process can be performed by the recording drive. In some cases, a device for recording at least the recording drive discontinuously may be required.

In the above description, a large amount of information necessary for the operation is displayed on an external monitor with images, animations, and texts. However, a device including a monitor inside the main unit or a main unit may be used. The present invention is applicable to a device provided with a display device having a large screen.

The animation 705 representing the dubbing process is described with reference to FIG. 9. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the side on which the information recording medium is reproduced and the side on which the reproduced information is recorded are easy. It is needless to say that the display may be any display that can be visually identified easily and the current recording status (recorded time, capacity, etc.) can be easily visually confirmed.

Further, as information on voice, STER
EO / MONO playback, language (country-specific, second audio, commentary audio)
Information or the like may be displayed on the monitor screen. The information to be dubbed may be audio information, image information, electronic data, or the like.

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According to the present invention, a large amount of information necessary for a recording operation can be displayed on an external monitor using images, animations, and texts, so that the recording operation can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram for explaining an embodiment of an information recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a button arrangement diagram for explaining a remote controller used in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing types of screens in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an information recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of information display and an operation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of information display and an operation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of information display and an operation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a view showing an example of information display in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a specific example of animation in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of information display and an operation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of information display and an operation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of information display and an operation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of information display and an operation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a view showing an example of information display and an operation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of information display and an operation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of information display and an operation screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

100: information recording / reproducing device, 101: reproducing drive, 1
02: recording drive, 103: remote control light receiving unit, 104
... Main body display unit, 105 ... External display device, 106 ... Dubbing mode switching button, 107 ... Dubbing start button, 20
0 remote controller, 400 central processing unit, 401 operation unit,
402: playback drive control unit, 403: storage unit, 404
... Recording drive control unit, 405 ... External display control unit, 40
6: optical digital input terminal, 407: coaxial digital input terminal, 408: analog input terminal, 408: input selection / selection unit.

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information recording unit comprising: an information reproducing unit for reproducing an information recording medium; an information recording unit for recording on a recordable information recording medium; and a processing unit for controlling the information reproducing unit and the information recording unit. In the playback device, an external display output unit that outputs a video signal output for display on an external display device is added, using an operation screen displayed on the external display device,
An information recording / reproducing apparatus, wherein the information recording / reproducing apparatus is operated. 2. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an animation is used for the operation screen. 3. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein character information is input using a jog shuttle. 4. When all effective contents of an information recording medium mounted on the information reproducing unit are recorded on the information recording medium of the information recording unit, the effective contents are recorded on the information recording medium of the information recording unit as far as possible. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 5. When the entire effective contents of the information recording medium mounted on the information reproducing unit are recorded on the information recording medium of the information recording unit, an initial setting is set to a mode for automatically finalizing. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: 6. When recording all effective contents of an information recording medium mounted on the information reproducing section on the information recording medium of the information recording section, an initial recording speed is set to a mode other than the constant speed mode. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: