Patent ID: 8085632

Claim:
A digital audio data recording device comprising: reading means for reading digital audio data and a TOC from a CD; recording means for recording, on a HDD, the digital audio data and the TOC, and for recording control data generated from the TOC in a control table managing control data generated from a TOC of an already recorded CD on the HDD; and control means for controlling, when recording the digital audio data to be recorded on the HDD by the recording means, permission/prohibition of recording on the HDD of the digital audio data, based on the control data to be generated from the TOC and the control data which is generated from the TOC of the already recorded CD and which is recorded in the control table, the control means prohibiting recording of the digital audio data on the HDD when the control data generated from the TOC is already recorded in the control table on the HDD, wherein, in a case recording of digital audio data of a specific CD is permitted, the control means performs control to update the control table based on the control data generated from a TOC of the specific CD.