Patent ID: 7187627

Claim:
An information reproducing/recording system comprising: a reproducing apparatus which reproduces program information from a first recording medium, a recording/reproducing apparatus which records program information on a second recording medium or reproduces program information from the second recording medium, and a control apparatus which controls the reproducing apparatus and the recording/reproducing apparatus, wherein the control apparatus comprises: a first management information acquisition device which acquires first management information for program information recorded on the first recording medium; a second management information acquisition device which acquires second management information for program information recorded on the second recording medium; an information recording control device which controls the reproducing apparatus and the recording/reproducing apparatus; a first information checking device which compares the first management information and the second management information, and judges based on a result of the comparison whether program information corresponding to the first management information has been recorded on the second recording medium; and a second information checking device, which is actuated if it is judged by the first information checking device that the program information corresponding to the first management information has been recorded on the second recording medium, comprising: a prompting device which shows a user a selection of whether or not to record the program information recorded on the first recording medium onto the second recording medium to prompt the user to make a selection; and an input device which receives the selection made by the user and gives an instruction to the information recording control device so as to record the program information on the first recording medium onto the second medium in accordance with the selection by the user, wherein the information recording control device controls the reproducing apparatus and the recording/reproducing apparatus so as to record the program information recorded on the first recording medium onto the second recording medium based upon the instruction.