Patent ID: 7512317

Claim:
A recording system which records images into a recording medium, comprising: a recording device configured to record program reservation information, the recording device including: a setting section configured to set program reservation and overwrite-image-recording-permissible information, a first mounting section for mounting the recording medium into the recording device, a first recording section configured to record the program reservation and overwrite-image-recording-permissible information set by the setting section in the recording medium; and an execution device configured to execute program reservation information, the execution device including: a receiving section configured to receive television broadcast signals, a demodulating section configured to demodulate the received television broadcast signals, a second mounting section for mounting the recording medium into the execution device, and a second recording section configured to execute the program reservation and overwrite-image-recording-permissible information recorded in the recording medium to record the demodulated broadcast signals by overwriting from the top in the recording medium regardless of the contents of the recording medium, in a state wherein the recording medium has been mounted to the second mounting section.