Patent ID: 7831128

Claim:
A video and audio recording apparatus comprising: a plurality of tuner units each of which is configured to receive commercial broadcasting and to output video and audio signals; a video and audio recording unit operable to simultaneously record the video and audio signals output from each of the tuner units; and a controller operable to cause the video and audio recording unit to perform a first programmed recording while selecting a first one of the tuner units, wherein in a case of overlapped recording where a recording time period of the first programmed recording overlaps with a recording time period of a second programmed recording which is set in advance to use the first one of the tuner units, the controller is configured to detect a second one of the tuner units having no programmed recording of which a recording time period overlaps with the recording time period of the second programmed recording, wherein, in a case where the second one of the tuner units is detected by the controller, the controller is configured to automatically set the first programmed recording to use the second one of the tuner units, and wherein, in a case where no tuner unit is detected by the controller, the controller is configured to stop performing the first programmed recording and to cause an indicator to display a message indicating that the first programmed recording cannot be executed.