Abstract: When one program is selected from an EPG display screen, a flow goes to a screen prompting for selection of a program reservation method. When recording reservation is selected, the flow goes to a menu screen for selecting a recording reservation method. When video reservation is selected it is determined whether a video-linked recording setting completion flag is not yet set. If not yet set (YES), and when a video controller is not to be used, “the video controller is not to be used” is set for video-linked recording setting. Next, the video-linked recording setting completion flag is set to “already set”, and thereby, reservation registration can be continued. When reservation of a program selected from an EPG is selected, the program is video-reserved, and the flow returns to the EPG screen.

Abstract: When one program is selected from an EPG display screen in S1, a flow goes to a screen prompting for selection of a program reservation method. When recording reservation is selected in S2, the flow goes to a menu screen for selecting a recording reservation method. When video reservation is selected in S3, it is determined whether or not a video-linked recording setting completion flag is not yet set in S4. In the case of not yet set (YES), the flow goes to S5. When a video controller is not to be used in S5, the flow does not return to step S2, but goes to S6, and “the video controller is not to be used” is set for video-linked recording setting. Next, in S7, the video-linked recording setting completion flag is set to “already set”, and thereby, reservation registration can be continued. When reservation of a program selected from an EPG is selected in S8, the program is video-reserved in S9, and the flow returns to an EPG screen (S1).