Abstract: In a recording device (10, 20, 30) having program receiving means (2) for receiving audio/video programs, having program selecting means (12, 22, 23) for selecting receivable audio/video programs for recording on a recording medium (14, 24) or reproduction, and having storage means for storing a user identifier (ID) (13, 23, 33) identifying the recording device or a user thereof, the program selecting means (12, 22, 32) are now arranged to give access to a user profile (15, 55a, 55b) for the recording/reproducing device and to a group list (16, 56a, 56b) containing user identifiers for other recording/reproducing devices, and information receiving means (3) are provided for receiving sets of program selection information (11, 21, 31, 51) that can be correlated with the user identifiers (13, 23, 33) contained in the group list (16, 56a, 56b), wherein the program selecting means (12, 22, 32) are arranged to determine the audio/video programs to be selected, from the sets of program selection information (11, 21

Abstract: A recording device (1) for recording recording data (AD) on one of possibly several recording media (16, 17, 18, 19) is provided with receiving means (7) for receiving receive data (ED) and user identifying information (BKI), identifying a user of the recording device (1), and with processing means (8) for processing the received receive data (ED) and for outputting recording data (AD), and with recording means (9) for recording the recording data (AD) on a recording medium (18), the recorded recording data (AD) being assigned to the user identified by the received user identifying information (BKI); also at least one recording medium (16, 17, 18, 19) may be assigned to each receivable item of user identifying information (BKI) and the recording means (9) are designed to record the recording data (AD) on the recording medium (16, 17, 18, 19) identified by the received user identifying information (BKI).