Patent ID: 7349621

Claim:
An information recording apparatus for recording information on a recording medium, comprising: information acquiring means for acquiring information to be recorded on said recording medium; recording means for recording the information acquired by said information acquiring means on said recording medium; first drive means for driving said recording means; second drive means for driving said recording medium so that the information is recorded on said recording medium by said recording means; output means for outputting the information acquired by said information acquiring means to an external device; setting means for selectively setting a first record temporary stop mode for stopping drive of one of said first drive means and said second drive means and a second record temporary stop mode for stopping drive of both of said first drive means and said second drive means; and control means for controlling in such a manner that, if other apparatus or a system is connected to said output means in the first record temporary stop mode, said control means switches over to the second record temporary stop mode set by said setting means on the basis of a connection condition of the other apparatus or the system to said output means, and controls said output means so as to operate continuously if said control means is in the second record temporary stop mode.