Patent ID: 8666220

Claim:
A recording apparatus capable of performing a reproducing operation in a recording mode, comprising: a recording unit configured to record image data on a recording medium; a reproducing unit configured to reproduce image data recorded on the recording medium; a mode selection switch selecting one of the recording mode and a reproduction mode; a predetermined switch different from the mode selection switch, capable of instructing performing the reproducing operation in the recording mode; a double-functional operating key capable of performing different operations depending on one of the recording mode and the reproduction mode respectively; and a controller controlling the recording unit and the reproducing unit in response to an operation of the double-functional operating key, wherein, while the recording mode selected by the mode selection switch, if the reproducing operation is started up in response to an instruction generated by the predetermined switch, and wherein the controller switches a function of the double-functional operating key so that the operation of the double-functional operating key becomes effective for the reproduction mode, and in response to canceling of the reproducing operation in the recording mode, the controller switches the function of the double-functional operating key so that the operation of the double-functional operating key becomes effective for the recording mode selected by the mode selection switch.