摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inform the user of the fact that copy protect is on, visually or audibly, in the case that a copy protect signal is fed to his recording and reproducing device or the like. SOLUTION: In the case that a copy protect signal is given to a video recording and reproducing device such as a VTR, a 1st CPUA 2 separates the copy protect signal from a video signal in terms of the software, and the copy protect signal stops a mechanism drive means 4 such as a drum via a 2nd CPUB 3, and a display means 6 and a sounding means 8 discriminate the copy protect signal to make a display or a warning denoting that recording is not available. |