Patent ID: 8224149
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A record/reproduction apparatus, comprising: an output unit for an external display device; a hard disk drive; a disc drive for record-reproduction using a disc for record-reproduction in a high definition mode and a disc for record-reproduction in a standard definition mode; a display-output unit for outputting a display to the output unit in the high definition mode prior to recognizing a record medium, wherein the display-output unit is set to the high definition mode at the time of activation of the record/reproduction apparatus before recognizing one of the hard disk drive and the disc drive as a record medium; a recognition unit for recognizing one of the hard disk drive and the disc drive as a record medium after outputting a display by the display-output unit; and a record mode setting unit for initializing a record mode of the hard disk drive and the disc drive to the high definition mode at the time of activation of the record/reproduction apparatus prior to recognizing the record medium, wherein only when the recognition unit recognizes that the record medium is the disc drive and a disc determination unit determines that an inserted disc is a disc for record-reproduction in a standard definition mode, the record mode setting unit resets the initialized record mode to a standard definition mode and the display-output unit is switched from the high definition mode to the standard definition mode.