Patent ID: 7965920

Claim:
A video and audio recording device comprising: recording means for recording a video and audio signal obtained by receiving a television broadcast on a recording medium; timer recording means for recording a program corresponding to timer recording information registered in a timer recording list on the recording medium by controlling the recording means; information storing means for storing input condensed information; information specifying means for specifying condensed information to be used as the timer recording information from among the condensed information stored in the information storing means; information registering means for registering the condensed information specified by the information specifying means in the timer recording list as the timer recording information; and information condensing means for storing timer recording information specified from among timer recording information registered in the timer recording list in the information storing means as condensed information, wherein the information storing means stores the condensed information so as to correspond to a numerical button provided on a remote controller, the information specifying means displays a list of the condensed information stored in the information storing means when a shortcut button of the remote controller is pressed, and then enters a state that the condensed information can be specified, when any of the numerical button is pressed in the state that the condensed information can be specified, the information specifying means assumes that the condensed information that is stored in the information storing means so as to correspond to the pressed numerical button is specified, and the information specifying means accepts an edit for the specified condensed information and does not store edited contents as a storing content of the information storing means.