Patent ID: 8184941

Claim:
An information recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: an HDMI connector adapted to be connected to a display device conforming to an HDMI standard; a signal processor operable to decode a digital signal received through the HDMI connector and extract first language information which indicates a setting language of the display device when the digital signal contains the first language information; a storage operable to store second language information which indicates a setting language of the information recording and reproducing apparatus; a controller operable to detect whether the display device is connected to the HDMI connector, acquire the first language information when the display device is connected to the HDMI connector, determine whether the setting language in the first language information is in conformity with the setting language in the second language information, and change the setting language in the second language information so as to be in conformity with the setting language in the first language information when the setting languages are not in conformity with each other.