Patent ID: 8358908
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording and reproducing apparatus capable of recording content downloaded from a server in a recording medium and playing back the content, comprising: a recording unit configured to download a content stored in the server to record the downloaded content in the recording medium; a playback unit configured to play back the content recorded in the recording medium; an instruction receiver configured to receive a stop instruction by a user for stopping download of the content done by the recording unit; and a controller configured to control the recording unit, wherein the controller controls the recording unit so as to stop the download of the content when the instruction receiver receives the stop instruction for stopping download of the content, and to restart the download of the content when a predetermined time elapses in which the recording unit is in a stop state of the download despite the instruction receiver having received the stop instruction by the user.