Patent ID: 7212725

Claim:
In a recording/reproducing apparatus which records information on a first recording medium contained in the apparatus or reproduces information from the first recording medium or records information on a second recording medium which is removably attachable to the apparatus or reproduces information from the second recording medium and can display the reproduced information on a monitor, the recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: means for storing picture recording reservation information, means for displaying a list of the reservation information on the monitor, calculation means for calculating required reservation capacity when one or a plurality of picture recording reservation items are selected from the list, result displaying means for displaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording and is obtained from the relation between the reservation capacity and the remaining capacity of the recording medium which is a to-be-recorded object on the monitor, result redisplaying means for redisplaying result information which indicates possible or impossible picture recording on the monitor after the picture recording reservation item has been corrected according to operation input in a state in which said result displaying means displayed the result information on the monitor, and inquiry displaying means for displaying an inquiry as to whether or not the contents of respective display items displayed on the monitor by said result redisplaying means are set and registered on the monitor.