Patent ID: 8326122

Claim:
Apparatus which records and reproduces signals, comprising: a unit which receives signals; a first recorder which records the signals received by the unit on a first recording medium; a first reproducer which reproduces the signals recorded on the first recording medium; a detector which detects a commercial message portion from the signals reproduced from the first recording medium; a second recorder which records the signals reproduced by the first reproducer on a second recording medium; and a second reproducer which reproduces the signals recorded on the second recording medium while excluding the commercial message portion detected by the detector; wherein when the first reproducer reproduces the signals from a first time to a second time, the second reproducer starts the reproduction of the signals at a third time which is delayed from the first time by a predetermined time related to the commercial message portion and prior to the second time; and wherein the predetermined time for delaying the third time from the first time is set according to a buffering volume of the second recording medium.