Patent ID: 8447160

Claim:
An information recording apparatus for recording information on a disk-shaped recording medium, comprising: an input unit configured to input information to be recorded on the disk-shaped recording medium; a recording unit configured to record the information inputted by said input unit on the disk-shaped recording medium; a first drive unit configured to drive said recording unit, wherein said first drive unit includes an actuator; a second drive unit configured to drive the disk-shaped recording medium so that the information is recorded on the disk-shaped recording medium by said recording unit, wherein said second drive unit includes a disk rotator; an output unit configured to connect an interface cable and output the information inputted by said input unit via the interface cable to an external device; a digital interface unit configured to detect a connection of the external device to the interface cable by detecting a DC bias voltage supplied on the interface cable or a communication data packet transmitted on the interface cable; a timer unit configured to count time elapsing from stop of recording the information by said recording unit; and a control unit configured to determine whether the interface cable is connected to said output unit and whether a predetermined elapsed time is counted by said timer unit, and control an operation mode of said information recording apparatus in accordance with a result of the determination, wherein when the interface cable is connecting to said output unit, said control unit stops operations of both said first drive unit and said second drive unit and causes said output unit to output the information to the external device which is connected to the interface cable as detected by said digital interface unit.