Patent ID: 7738770

Claim:
A recording/playback apparatus comprising: a first recording/playback unit; a second recording/playback unit; a display unit that includes a first display representing the first recording/playback unit, a second display representing the second recording/playback unit, and a light-emitting line comprising a plurality of light-emitting points and disposed between the first display and the second display; and an input unit to which is inputted a start instruction of dubbing for transmitting and receiving data between the first recording/playback unit and the second recording/playback unit, wherein the display unit indicates a direction of the dubbing, indicates a percentage of completion of the dubbing as a number of the light-emitting points emitting light and an ending position of the light-emitting line, and indicates a speed of the dubbing with respective periods of blinking on and off the plurality of light-emitting points, when the start instruction is inputted to the input unit and the dubbing is started.