Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a recording/reproduction terminal having a general-purpose slot and a detachable encoding or decoding device. A recording/reproduction device includes: a recording/reproduction terminal 103 which records and reproduces signals representing audio or video; and a removable coding device 100 which is detachably connected to the recording/reproduction terminal 103, and the recording/reproduction terminal 103 has a terminal information storage unit 105 which stores terminal information which is information regarding the recording/reproduction terminal 103, and a removable coding device 100 has: a terminal information obtainment unit 101 which obtains the terminal information from the recording/reproduction terminal 103 when the removable coding device 100 is connected to the recording/reproduction terminal 103; and a signal conversion unit 102 which encodes or decodes the signals representing audio or video based on the obtained terminal information.