JP2004303417A - Recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording and reproducing device which can quickly inform the users about modes of a recording speed and a reproducing speed, and which attain saving in a display area required for display of each picture map, by displaying each picture map corresponding to the selected output source and the selected record source. <P>SOLUTION: This recording and reproducing device comprises a first output source and a second output source which output information, and a first record source and a second record source which can record information output from the first output source or the second output source. For an output source, selected to output information and a record source selected to record this information in a first display 26, the picture map, corresponding to the selected output source is displayed, including a first predetermined point as a display point, and in a second display 26, the pictorial map corresponding to the selected record source is displayed, including a second predetermined point as a display point. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus capable of freely performing reproduction and recording processing on various sources such as a CD and an MD, and more particularly to a recording / reproducing apparatus with improved display during recording.

  For example, when dubbing a song from a CD to an MD, an audio device is known which has a double speed as well as a normal recording speed for the MD.

JP-A-9-153274 JP-A-62-83792 JP-A-7-93877

  In the conventional audio apparatus main body, the recording speed is indicated to the user by lighting a predetermined LED, displaying characters on a display, or the like. However, when the user wants to know the recording speed, he cannot understand which LED indicates the recording speed, or he must read the characters on the display, so he cannot understand it quickly.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording / reproducing apparatus which allows a user to quickly know a recording mode being executed.

  A recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention has a first output source for outputting information, and a first recording apparatus having a plurality of recording modes and capable of recording information output from the first output source in any one of the recording modes. With sauce. The recording / reproducing apparatus further includes a first display unit for displaying a first pictorial diagram corresponding to the first output source when the first output source is selected, and a first recording source selected. And a second display section for displaying a second pictorial diagram corresponding to the first recording source when the first recording source is displayed. While the first recording source is recording information output from the first output source in any one of the recording modes, the second display unit displays the information corresponding to the recording mode being executed in the first recording source. The display of the picture 2 is changed by a moving image expression.

  The information includes not only the case of both audio information and visual information, but also the case of only audio information and the case of only visual information. The output source includes, for example, a tuner, a CD (compact disc), an MD (mini disc), a cassette tape, a DVD (digital video disc), and the like. Recording sources include, for example, MDs and cassette tapes. It should be noted that, like MD, the same source may be an output source at one time and a recording source at another time. Further, in a recording / reproducing apparatus in which a plurality of sources of the same type are loaded and the first source is reproduced in the same type of source and the second source can be recorded, the same type of source is used as an output source and a recording source. May be selected.

In order to allow the user to distinguish between the output source side and the recording source side with respect to the picture corresponding to the output source selected by the user and the picture corresponding to the recording source, for example, the following (a) and (b) are required. is there.
(A) A method in which the first and second display units are respectively set at different specific locations in the same display, and are distinguished by the display location on the display. Example: A picture corresponding to the output source and a picture corresponding to the recording source are arranged on the same display on the left and right sides, respectively, or on the upper side and the lower side, respectively.
(B) An arrow is displayed on the display from the picture corresponding to the output source to the picture corresponding to the recording source, such that the arrowhead is the picture corresponding to the output source and the arrowhead is the picture corresponding to the recording source. I do.

  The change in the moving image expression of the picture includes a change in the outline, a shift in the outline, a change in the color of a pixel constituting the outline, a blinking, and the like.

  If the recording mode is a recording mode based on a difference in recording speed, the moving image representation of the picture corresponding to the recording source corresponding to the recording mode being executed is, for example, a rotation speed as a display change of the picture is low. At low speed and high recording speed, respectively.

  In this way, the user can quickly grasp the recording mode being executed from the moving image representation of the picture corresponding to the recording source.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the recording mode of the first recording source relates to the recording speed.

  The recording speed includes, for example, a normal speed and a double speed (= double speed).

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the reproduction speed of the information by the first output source corresponds to the recording speed of the first recording source. While the information reproduced by the first output source is being recorded at any recording speed by the first recording source, the first display unit displays the information corresponding to the reproduction speed being executed by the first output source. The display of the picture 1 is changed by a moving image expression.

  The playback speed at the output source and the recording speed at the recording source are generally approximately equal, but need not be. For example, if the reproduction signal reproduced by the output source is not directly recorded in the recording source, but is written in a semiconductor memory or the like, and then read out and recorded in the recording source, the reproduction speed in the output source can be improved. It is possible to record information from the output source to the recording source even if the recording speed differs between the recording source and the recording source. However, in this case, the processing is halted as appropriate in order to match the higher reproduction speed of the output source and the higher recording speed of the recording source with the lower recording speed.

  Since the change in the moving image expression of the pictorial diagram of both the output source and the recording source corresponds to the reproduction speed and the recording speed, the user can quickly and clearly know the recording speed during execution.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the first predetermined point is set on the first display unit, the second predetermined point is set on the second display unit, and the moving image of the first pictorial diagram The moving image of the second pictorial diagram includes the second predetermined point as a display point.

  When the display locations on the first and second display units are fixed during the change of the moving image expression, the respective pictorial diagrams corresponding to the output source and the recording source naturally have the first and second predetermined points, respectively. Included as display points.

  Since the moving image of the picture corresponding to the output source and the recording source includes the first and second predetermined points as display points, respectively, the display locations on the first and second display units are limited, and as a result, The display area required for such display can be saved.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention includes a second output source different from the first output source for outputting information, and a first output source capable of recording information output from the first output source or the second output source. And a second recording source different from the recording source. A third pictorial diagram displayed on the first display unit is determined corresponding to the second output source, and a fourth pictorial diagram displayed on the second display unit is determined corresponding to the second recording source. The combination of the output source selected for outputting information different from the combination of the first output source and the first recording source and the combination of the recording source selected for recording this information are also displayed on the first display unit. Displays a picture corresponding to the selected output source including the first predetermined point as a display point, and the second display unit displays a picture corresponding to the selected recording source at a second predetermined point. Include and display as points.

  When a combination different from the combination of the first output source and the first recording source, that is, the combination of the second output source and the second recording source is selected, the corresponding third and fourth combinations are also selected. Since the moving image of the picture includes the first and second predetermined points as display points, the display locations on the display are limited, and as a result, the display area required for displaying them can be saved.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the reproduction speed of the information by the selected output source corresponds to the recording speed of the selected recording source. While the information reproduced by the selected output source is being recorded by the selected recording source at any recording speed, the first display unit displays a pictorial diagram corresponding to the reproduction speed being executed by the selected output source. Is changed in the moving image expression, and the second display unit changes the display of the picture corresponding to the recording speed being executed by the selected recording source in the moving image expression.

  In any combination of the output source and the recording source, the output source and the recording source displayed on the first and second display units are pictorial diagrams of moving image expressions corresponding to the reproduction speed and the recording speed being executed, respectively. Can smoothly recognize the reproduction speed and the recording speed from the picture of the moving image expression.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the first display unit, the second display unit, the output source selecting means for selecting the first output source or the second output source, the first recording source or The recording source selecting means for selecting the second recording source is provided in the same operation panel of the apparatus main body.

  For example, when selecting an output source or a recording source, the user can check the operation at the time of the source selection and check the operation result of the selected source without moving the viewpoint so much. Confirmation becomes easy.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the first display unit and the second display unit are provided so as to occupy different areas in one display surface.

  For example, if a picture corresponding to the output source and a picture corresponding to the recording source are displayed side by side on one display surface, the user can determine which source is the output source and which source is the recording source. It can be easily identified.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the moving image representation of the picture is a change in color and / or the blinking of at least some pixels constituting the picture while maintaining the shape of the picture.

  The moving image expression by color change and pixel blinking can be expressed as a moving image without moving, so that the area required for displaying a moving image picture can be saved.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the pictorial diagram corresponding to the selected recording source includes a pictorial portion indicating a permission / non-permission state of recording on the recording source.

  For example, a medium such as an MD or a cassette tape has a claw that can set permission and prohibition of recording. The user operates the claw to switch the position of the claw, thereby permitting and prohibiting the recording on the medium. It can be switched. Since the pictorial diagram corresponding to the source includes the pictorial portion indicating the recording permission status of the recording source, the user can check the recording permission status of the recording source from the display of the source without checking the recording source medium itself. You can know.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, when the recording source is a cassette, the normal, high, and metal recording modes are set, and the picture corresponding to the recording source when the cassette is selected as the recording source is shown in FIG. , Normal, high, and metal.

  When recording on a cassette tape, the user may designate normal, high, and metal with a predetermined lever. By viewing the picture of the cassette selected as the recording source on the display, the user can quickly know the lever position that is difficult to understand.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, for the output source and the recording source, a pictorial diagram of the loaded state and the unloaded state of the source is set, and for the output source and the recording source selected by the user, the loaded state and the unread state of the source are set. A pictorial diagram of the loaded state and the unloaded state is displayed according to the loaded state.

  At the start of recording information, the user can quickly know from the pictorial diagram of the display whether the recording medium used as a source is loaded / unloaded.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the output source and the recording source are selected by one-touch operation, the reproduction speed of the output source and the recording speed of the recording source are set to be equal, and the information output from the output source is recorded by the recording source. And a one-touch key for synchronizing a change in the moving image expression of the display of the picture corresponding to the output source and the picture corresponding to the recording source.

  For example, to provide the user with convenience, O.D. T. E. FIG. (One Touch Edit: One Touch Edit), and the user sets O.T. T. E. FIG. When the key is operated, a process of automatically dubbing all tracks of the CD to the MD may be set. In such a case, the reproduction speed of the information at the output source is equal to the recording speed of the information at the recording source, and the change in the moving image expression of the pictorial diagram corresponding to the output source and the pictorial diagram corresponding to the recording source Is synchronized with the change of the moving image expression. As a method of representing synchronization, for example, a white portion (for example, this white portion means light reflection from a disk) is set on a picture of a CD and an MD, and the white portion is set. Is rotated to represent the rotation of the CD and the MD, and furthermore, the rotation angle of the white portion represents the phase of rotation, so that the rotation angle of the white portion of the CD and MD is always equal to each other. Rotate the white part so that Thus, the user can quickly understand that the recording by the one-touch operation is being performed.

  According to the present invention, the display of each pictorial diagram corresponding to the reproduction speed and recording speed of the selected output source and recording source is changed in a moving image expression, and the first and second predetermined points are respectively included as display points. As a result, it is possible to promptly notify the user of the reproduction speed and recording speed modes, and to limit the display location of each picture on the display, thereby saving the display area required for displaying each picture. Can be.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the audio device main body 10. The audio device body 10 constitutes one audio system together with left and right speakers (not shown). An amplifier, a tuner, a CD player, and an MD recording / reproducing unit are integrated into the audio device main body 10, and an operation panel 11 is provided on the front side of the audio device main body 10 to operate a power switch 12 and the like. A member is deployed. Note that the audio apparatus main body 10 has various variations, such as adding a tape recording / reproducing section or replacing an MD recording / reproducing section with a tape recording / reproducing section. Various instructions from the user to the audio device main body 10 can be made not only by directly touching operation members such as the power switch 12 on the operation panel 11 but also by operating keys of a remote controller (not shown). The power switch 12 switches power on / off, and the tuner selection key 13, the CD playback / pause key 14, the MD playback / pause key 15, and the external input selection key 18 serve as tuners, CDs, Pressed when selecting MD and external input. Each time the CD playback / pause key 14 and the MD playback / pause key 15 are pressed, playback and pause are alternately repeated. When the recording key 17 is pressed when a tuner, a CD, or an external input is selected as an input audio source, the audio source is recorded on the MD. The volume adjustment knob 19 adjusts the volume from the speaker by adjusting the rotation position. The CD slot 23 is a slot through which a CD enters and exits the audio apparatus main body 10, and the MD insertion section 24 is a section through which an MD enters and exits the audio apparatus main body 10. The liquid crystal display section 26 capable of displaying a detailed moving image of a picture is capable of so-called full dot display, and various information such as a picture to be described later is displayed on one display surface. .

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing, on the liquid crystal display unit 26, when the user selects any one of the audio sources in the audio device main body 10, which audio source is selected, and the operation state of the selected audio source. FIG. 4 shows pictographs defined corresponding to each audio source to be used and shown, and each pictograph is, in order from left to right, (a) a tape recording / reproducing section, (b) an MD recording / reproducing section, c) the case of a CD player unit, (d) the case of a tuner unit, and (e) the case of an external input, for example, using a pictorial diagram of a recording medium used for the audio source.

  FIG. 3 shows a series of frames from the left to the right in the display order when the tape recording / reproduction unit is selected and the cassette tape is operating for reproduction or recording. When the user selects the tape recording / reproducing section, a picture of the cassette tape shown in FIG. 2A is displayed on the liquid crystal display section 26 to indicate that the tape recording / reproducing section has been selected. During operation, the picture of the cassette tape is displayed as a moving image on the liquid crystal display unit 26 at a predetermined time interval and cyclically (for example, the top rightmost frame returns to the leftmost frame). Due to the change, the left and right reels appear to be rotating (see FIG. 3).

  FIG. 4 shows a series of frames when the MD recording / reproduction unit is selected and the MD is playing or recording, arranged in order from left to right in the display order. When the user selects the MD recording / reproducing section, the picture of the MD shown in FIG. 2B is displayed on the liquid crystal display section 26 to indicate that the MD recording / reproducing section has been selected. Inside, in each of the MDs, the diameter of the disc in a predetermined direction has a white part (the white part means light reflection from the disk), and the white part is in the direction of the arrow. From the picture on the left, it increases in order at equal angular intervals. The picture of the MD appears as if the disc in the cartridge is rotating clockwise by, for example, changing the display of a total of eight frames at predetermined time intervals and cyclically in a moving image representation on the liquid crystal display section 26 ( (See FIG. 4).

  FIG. 5 shows a series of frames when the CD player section is selected and the CD is being played, arranged from left to right in display order. When the user selects the CD player unit, the picture of the CD shown in FIG. 2C is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 26 to indicate that the CD player unit has been selected. Next, while the CD player unit is operating, In each of the pictorial diagrams of these CDs, the diameter portion in a predetermined direction of the disc has a white portion (this hollow portion means light reflection from the disc), and the white portion is a pictorial diagram on the left side in the arrow direction. From the same angle. The picture of the CD is displayed as if the disc is rotating clockwise by, for example, changing the display of a total of eight frames at predetermined time intervals and cyclically on the liquid crystal display unit 26 as a moving image (see FIG. 5). ).

  FIG. 6 shows a pictorial diagram relating to the tuner section. The picture on the left side of FIG. 6 (picture of only the radio tower without radio waves) is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 26 when the user selects the tuner, and the picture on the right side of FIG. The tower-only picture) is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 26 when the user has selected a tuner and tuned to a predetermined broadcast.

  FIG. 7 shows a pictorial diagram displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 26 when the CD player unit is selected as the reproduction source and the pause is performed. In the rest state of the CD player section, the left frame (without the white portion in the diameter direction) and the right frame (with the white portion in the diameter direction) of FIG. 7 are alternately repeated at predetermined time intervals, and the liquid crystal display portion is shown. 26. Although illustration of a moving picture when the MD is paused during reproduction is omitted, the processing is performed in the same manner as the CD in FIG. That is, together with the second pictorial frame from the left in FIG. 2, a pictorial frame whose white portion is painted out with black is prepared, and these are alternately displayed at predetermined time intervals.

  FIG. 8 shows the display contents of the liquid crystal display unit 26 when a radio broadcast is recorded on an MD. When the user selects the tuner as the output-side source, a picture as shown in FIG. 2D corresponding to the tuner is displayed in the left half of the liquid crystal display unit 26, and the MD recording / reproducing unit is used as the recording-side source. When selected, a picture as shown in FIG. 2B corresponding to the MD recording / reproducing section is displayed in the right half of the liquid crystal display section 26. While the radio broadcast is being recorded on the MD, information on the audio source and the recording source is displayed as characters and / or numerical values at the upper end and the lower end, respectively, on the liquid crystal display unit 26, and the vertical direction excluding the upper and lower ends is displayed. In the center range, a picture corresponding to the tuner at the time of tuning is displayed in the left half, and a picture corresponding to the MD recording / reproducing part changes in a moving image expression in the right half. Therefore, in FIG. 8, the left half of the liquid crystal display unit 26 has a radio wave which is selected as an audio source and indicates a tuning state to a predetermined radio broadcast (= a state where a radio wave having a predetermined electric field strength or more is being received). A picture of the attached radio tower is displayed, and in the right half of the liquid crystal display unit 26, the picture of the MD representing the MD recording / reproducing unit selected as the recording-side source is displayed and changed in the moving image representation of FIG. The user can visually recognize that the recording is being performed on the MD by seeing that the picture of the MD in the right half of the liquid crystal display unit 26 is a moving image expression for rotating the disk unit. In FIG. 8, the characters and numerical value “FM P01 81.30 MHz” at the upper end indicate that the FM broadcast of the frequency 81.30 MHz preset as the preset number 01 is selected. The numerical value “010 64: 55R” below the two pictorial diagrams indicates that audio recording on the MD is performed on track 10 and the remaining recordable time is 64 minutes and 55 seconds.

  FIG. 9 shows the display contents of the liquid crystal display unit 26 when the music of the CD is recorded on the MD. This record is stored in the O.D. T. E. FIG. This is executed by one-touch operation of a key. When this key is operated, all songs on the CD are automatically dubbed to the MD. That is, O. T. E. FIG. By operating the keys, the CD player section is selected as the output side source, and a picture corresponding to the CD player section as shown in FIG. 2D is displayed on the left half of the liquid crystal display section 26. The MD recording / reproducing section is selected as the recording side source, and a picture as shown in FIG. 2B corresponding to the MD recording / reproducing section is displayed on the right half of the liquid crystal display section 26. During recording from the CD player unit to the MD recording / reproducing unit, the picture of the CD and MD is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit in the moving image representation of FIGS. 5 and 4, respectively, so that the disc is rotating. Reflected in. And this record is O.D. T. E. FIG. Therefore, the display change of the moving image expression of the picture of CD and MD is synchronized. That is, the display change of the moving image expression of CD and MD follows the flow of the frames in FIGS. 5 and 4, respectively, and the frames having the same order from the left in FIGS. 5 and 4 are simultaneously displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 26. As a result, the rotation angles of the white portion representing the rotation angle of the CD and the white portion representing the rotation angle of the MD are made equal to each other. In FIG. 9, the character and numerical value “CD 01 1:56” at the upper end indicate that the track 1 of the CD is being reproduced and the reproduction time is 1 minute and 56 seconds after the start of reproduction of the track 1. The numerical value “090 72: 47R” at the lower end indicates that the audio recording on the MD is performed on track 9 and the remaining recordable time is another 72 minutes 47 seconds. .

  In addition, O. T. E. FIG. Instead of recording by the user, the user sequentially selects a CD player unit as a reproduction-side audio source and an MD recording / reproducing unit as a recording-side audio source, and selects a recording key 17 of the audio apparatus body 10 or a recording key of a remote control (see FIG. (Not shown), the CD and MD pictorial representations when recording from the CD to the MD are the same from the representation in FIG. 9 except that the aforementioned synchronous representation is not included. That is, in the recording by operating the recording key 17 or the like, the CD player section is first selected as the output side source by the operation of the key of the user, and the left half of the liquid crystal display section 26 corresponds to the CD player section. A picture as shown in FIG. 2 (c) is displayed. Next, the MD recording / reproducing section is selected as the recording source, and the right half of the liquid crystal display section 26 corresponds to the MD recording / reproducing section shown in FIG. A picture as shown in b) is displayed. During recording from the CD player unit to the MD recording / reproducing unit, the white portions of the CD and MD picture illustrations maintain different rotation angles without having the same rotation angle.

  Further, the user can select two recording speeds of the normal speed and the double speed in the case of dubbing from the CD to the MD, and when the double speed is selected, the recording time is only half of the recording time of the normal speed. The disk rotation speed in the CD and MD picture at the double speed recording (this rotation speed is understood by the user from the rotation speed of the white portion (the change speed of the display)) is the CD and MD in the normal speed recording. Is twice the disk rotation speed (the change speed of the display) in the picture of FIG. In this way, the user can know whether the current recording is being performed at the normal speed or the double speed from the disk rotation speed in the CD and MD pictures on the liquid crystal display unit 26. In addition, O. T. E. FIG. In the double speed recording and the normal speed, not only the CD and MD pictures rotate (display change) at the rotation speeds corresponding to the double speed and the normal speed, but also, as described above, the rotation position of the white portion indicating the rotation phase is changed. The changes in the animation representation of the rotation are synchronized so that they are equal to each other.

  As described above, when the recording / reproducing apparatus includes the source A that outputs information and the source B that can record the information output from the source A, when the user selects the source A as the output source, The picture A corresponding to the source A is displayed on the left half of the liquid crystal display 26. When a source B as a recording source is selected, the picture B corresponding to the source B is displayed on the right half of the liquid crystal display 26. Is displayed. In this example, when the user selects the output-side source regardless of the type of the output-side source and the recording-side source, a picture corresponding to the output-side source is displayed on the left half of the liquid crystal display unit 26, and the recording-side source is displayed. When selected, the picture corresponding to the recording-side source is always displayed at a position including the right half of the liquid crystal display unit 26, so that a flexible picture can be expressed. That is, at least the liquid crystal display unit 26 includes the first display point and the second display point in the left half and the right half, respectively, and when the user selects the output source, the picture corresponding to the output source is When a recording source is selected and displayed at a position including the first display point, a picture corresponding to the recording source is displayed at a position including the second display point. During recording from the source A (output side source) to the source B (recording side source), the pictures A and B respectively displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 26 are moving images corresponding to the output and recording conditions at the display positions. (In the above-described example, the picture corresponding to the tuner does not change its display, and at least the picture displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 26 and corresponding to the source B (recording source) is being recorded. At the display position changes in a moving image expression according to the recording situation.)

  FIG. 10 shows a pictorial diagram including the protection information of the MD. Note that the MD pictorial diagrams up to FIG. 9 do not include protect information. In FIG. 10, three MD pictograms are described. In each pictogram, a pictorial portion of the protect information is displayed at the lower left end, and recording is prohibited (= protected) and recorded in order from the left pictogram. Permitted (= no protection) and pre-mastered disc respectively. When the user selects the MD recording / reproducing section as a source when the picture illustrated in FIG. 10 is used, a picture including protection information of the MD currently loaded in the audio apparatus main body 10 is displayed on the liquid crystal display section 26. Therefore, the user can immediately know the protection state of the MD without directly looking at the MD.

  FIG. 11 shows a pictorial diagram of the cassette tape including the protection information. The illustrations of the cassette tapes up to FIG. 9 do not include protection information. FIG. 11 shows a pictorial diagram of three cassette tapes. In each pictorial diagram, a pictorial portion of the protect information is displayed on the upper side, and recording is prohibited on both sides A and B in order from the pictorial diagram on the left side. When the cassette tape is loaded with the A side facing forward in the current loading of the cassette tape, the A side means that recording is prohibited, and both sides A and B indicate that recording is permitted. In the case where the pictorial diagram of FIG. 11 is used, when the user selects a cassette as a source, a pictorial diagram including the protection information of the cassette tape is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 26, so that the user can directly view the cassette tape. Instead, the user can immediately know the protection status of the cassette tape.

  FIG. 12 shows a pictorial diagram including the recording mode information of the cassette tape. FIG. 12 shows pictorial diagrams of three cassette tapes, which mean the normal, high, and metal recording modes in order from the left. When the user selects the cassette as the source when the picture illustrated in FIG. 12 is used, a picture including the recording mode information on the cassette tape is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 26, so that the user can directly view the cassette tape. Without this, the recording mode of the cassette tape can be immediately known.

  FIG. 13 shows a pictorial diagram indicating that the MD and the cassette tape are not loaded in the audio device main body 10. When the pictorial diagram of FIG. 13 is used to represent the unloaded state, the second and first pictorial drawings from the left in FIG. 2 are used to represent the MD and the cassette tape, respectively. In the pictorial diagram of FIG. 13, the portion that is blacked out in FIG. 2 is outlined, and only the outline is shown. When the user selects an MD recording / reproducing unit or a cassette as a source, a picture including information as to whether or not a recording medium used in the source is loaded is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 26. The user can immediately know from the display on the liquid crystal display unit 26 whether or not the MD or cassette tape as the recording medium used as the source is really loaded in the audio device main body 10.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the audio device main body. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a pictorial diagram corresponding to an audio source in the audio device body. It is a figure which shows a series of tops at the time of a sound recording in a display order from left to right. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a series of frames during recording arranged side by side from left to right in display order. It is a figure which shows a series of frames when a CD player part is selected and a CD is reproduced, and is arranged in order of display from left to right. It is a figure showing a pictorial diagram about a tuner part. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a pictorial diagram displayed on the liquid crystal display unit when the CD player unit is selected as a reproduction source and the pause is performed (pause). FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating display contents of a liquid crystal display unit when a radio broadcast is recorded on an MD. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating display contents of a liquid crystal display unit when a music piece of a CD is recorded on an MD. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a pictorial diagram including protection information of an MD. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a pictorial diagram including protection information of a cassette tape. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a pictorial diagram including recording mode information of a cassette tape. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a pictorial diagram indicating that an MD and a cassette tape are not loaded in the audio device main body.

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10. Audio equipment (recording / playback device)
26 Liquid crystal display (display)

Claims (8)

A first output source for reproducing and outputting information, a first recording source having a plurality of recording modes relating to recording speed and capable of recording information output from the first output source at any recording speed; In a recording / playback device with
A first display unit for displaying a first pictorial diagram corresponding to the first output source when the first output source is selected; and a first display unit for displaying the first pictorial diagram when the first recording source is selected. A second display unit for displaying a second pictorial diagram corresponding to the recording source of
A reproduction speed of information by the first output source corresponds to a recording speed of the first recording source;
While the information reproduced by the first output source is being recorded at any one of the recording speeds by the first recording source, the second display unit displays the recording speed being executed by the first recording source. The display of the second pictorial diagram is changed in a moving image expression at a corresponding speed, and the first display unit changes the display of the first pictorial diagram at a speed corresponding to the playback speed being executed on the first output source. Change with video expression,
A first predetermined point is set on the first display unit, a second predetermined point is set on the second display unit, and the moving image of the first pictorial diagram displays the first predetermined point as a display point. And the moving image of the second pictorial diagram includes the second predetermined point as a display point,
A second output source different from the first output source for outputting information, and the first recording source capable of recording information output from the first output source or the second output source. Further comprising a different second recording source,
A third pictorial diagram displayed on the first display unit corresponding to the second output source is determined, and a fourth pictorial diagram displayed on the second display unit corresponding to the second recording source is defined. Is determined,
The first display also indicates a combination of an output source selected for outputting information different from the combination of the first output source and the first recording source and a recording source selected for recording this information. The unit displays a pictorial diagram corresponding to the selected output source, including the first predetermined point as a display point, and the second display unit displays a pictorial diagram corresponding to the selected recording source on the second display unit. 2. A recording / reproducing apparatus for displaying a display including two predetermined points as display points. The reproduction speed of the information by the selected output source corresponds to the recording speed of the selected recording source,
The information reproduced by the selected output source, while the selected recording source is recording at any recording speed,
The first display unit changes the display of the pictorial image in a moving image expression at a speed corresponding to a playback speed being executed on the selected output source;
The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second display unit changes the display of the pictorial image in a moving image expression at a speed corresponding to a recording speed being executed by the selected recording source.   The first display unit, the second display unit, an output source selection unit for selecting the first output source or the second output source, and the first recording source or the second recording 3. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording source selecting means for selecting a source is provided in the same operation panel surface of the apparatus main body.   The recording device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first display portion and the second display portion are provided so as to occupy different areas in one display surface. Re-equipment.   The moving image expression of the picture is a color change and / or at least a part of pixels constituting the picture being blinking while retaining the shape of the picture. Recording / playback device.   The recording according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the pictorial diagram corresponding to the selected recording source includes a pictorial portion indicating a permission / non-permission state of recording on the recording source. Re-equipment.   When the recording source is a cassette, Normal, High, and Metal are set as the recording modes, and the pictorial diagram corresponding to the recording source when the cassette is selected as the recording source includes a pictorial diagram showing Normal, High, and Metal. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the recording / reproducing apparatus includes a part. For the output source and the recording source, a pictorial diagram of the loaded state and the unloaded state of the source is set. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a picture in a loaded state is displayed.

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