the function of the chasing reproduction function the video display 14 display the warning that the external equipment is not allowed being set block sa 8 the chasing reproduction function is one to sequentially chase the pre recorded part to reproduce it by a reproduction operation even in the middle of for example recording of the reserved program when it is determined that the av hdd 41 a can perform the chasing reproduction in the block sa 7 it is checked whether or not the av hdd 41 a has a function of copying and moving block sa 9 if the av hdd 41 a does not have a function of copying and moving the video display 14 displays the warning indicating that the av hdd 41 a can not copy and move block sa 10 when it is determined that the av hdd 41 a has the function of copying and moving it is determined whether loop recording is possible or not the loop recording is a function of cyclically recording under the setting of a fixed recording area it is also possible to perform the chasing reproduction in this fixed recording area if the external equipment has not the function of the loop recording function the video display 14 displays the warning to make the user confirm that the loop recording reproduction is impossible otherwise stated the equipment management unit 56 g completes the registration of the external equipment in this case av hdd 41 a in the foregoing steps when the user.