Patent ID: 6771876
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A data recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising recording and/or reproducing means for recording and/or reproducing data for a non-linear accessible recording medium, at least one input port and at least one output port, said input port and the output port time-divisionally accessing said recording and/or reproducing means to process the data inputted to said input port to output the processed data to said recording and/or reproducing means, the data reproduced from the recording and/or reproducing means being processed by said output port and outputted, wherein the apparatus further comprises:a port actuation button for selecting said input and output ports; an actuation selection button for selecting recording or playback for said input port or the output port as selected by said port actuation button; and a controller for performing control so that the recording operation or the playback operation as selected by said actuation selection button will be executed by said input port or the output port as selected by said port actuation button; wherein, if said input port and the output port are selected in combination, and if said port actuation button has actuated and selected one of the input port and the output port combined together, the other of the output port and the input port is also selected automatically; said controller performing control to cause the actuated and selected input port or output port and the automatically selected output port or input port to execute the recording or reproducing operation selected by said actuation selection button.