Patent ID: 7127306

Claim:
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising: a storage section for storing a plurality of digital audio programs to be recorded; selecting means for selecting a digital audio program from said plurality of digital audio programs stored in said storage means; reading-out means for reading out the selected digital audio program from said storage section; reproducing means for reproducing the read-out digital audio program; erasure directing means for directing an erasure of the reproduced digital audio program; and a control section for controlling erasing said digital audio program stored in said storage section when said erasure directing means directs said erasure of said reproduced digital audio program during the reproducing of said digital audio program selected by said selecting means, wherein said control section operates so that, if a digital audio program being read out from the storage section is shorter than a pre-set value, the digital audio program being read out from said storage section is read out in its entirety from said storage section and so that, if subsequently an input for erasure is again entered from the erasure directing means, the digital audio program being read out from the storage section is erased from the storage section.