Patent ID: 8655142

Claim:
A method for displaying an alarming message in a record displaying apparatus, comprising: detecting a power supply signal input; searching execution/non-execution file descriptors of recorded multimedia files in response to detecting the power supply signal input, and detecting at least one of the execution/non-execution file descriptors, each of the at least one of the execution/non-execution file descriptors having one of a first value and a second value, the first value indicating a presence of a new record file; automatically outputting a record file alarming message in response to detecting the at least one of the execution/non-execution file descriptors; and determining whether or not a record list display command is received in a state where the record file alarming message is displayed, wherein, when the record list display command is not received, the record file alarming message is displayed only for a predetermined time, and when the record list display command is received, a list including all record files corresponding to the at least one of the execution/non-execution file descriptors is displayed, and all occurrences of the first value are changed to the second value, wherein the list includes a plurality of record cells of which corresponds to the record files respectively and each of the record cells comprises a thumbnail image, recording time information and playback state information associated record file, and wherein the thumbnail image, the recording time information and the playback state information are displayed together on a screen of a display of the record displaying apparatus.