Image and audio recording apparatus

1. An image and audio recording apparatus comprising:

recording means for recording image data and audio data on a recording medium;

timer reservation means for setting first a time band on which said image data is to be recorded on said recording medium using a first menu screen provided for said image data and setting a second time band on which said audio data is to be recorded on said recording medium using a second menu screen provided for said audio data, via a display means by a user, wherein the first time band for image data and the second time band for audio data are set independently, and the first menu screen and the second menu screen are separately provided; and

control means for controlling said recording means to perform recording of said image data during the first time band and said audio data during the second time band.

2. An image and audio recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein said timer reservation means separately displays in said menu screens on said display means said time band on which recording of said image data is set and said time band on which recording of said audio data is set.

3. An image and audio recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein said timer reservation means displays on one screen of said display means all of the time band on which recording of said image data is set, the time band on which recording of said image data is not set, the time band on which recording of said audio data is set, and the time band on which recording of said audio data is not set together to make the user confirm a timer reservation setting.

4. An image and audio recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

reproducing means for reproducing said image data and said audio data recorded on said recording medium; and

wherein said reproducing means display means a message of the absence of audio data in the case of reproducing said image data recorded on said recording medium with no corresponding audio data.

5. An image and audio recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

reproducing means for reproducing said image data and said audio data recorded on said recording medium; and

wherein said reproducing means displays on said display means a message of the absence of image data in the case of reproducing said audio data recorded on said recording medium with no corresponding image data.

6. An image and audio recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein, if the time band for the image data recording overlaps the time band for the audio data recording, the control means controls said recording means to record both of the image data and the audio data on the recording medium during the overlapped time band.

7. An image and audio recording apparatus comprising:

recording means for recording image data and audio data on a recording medium;

display means for providing multiple menu screens including a menu screen for image data and a menu screen for audio data;

timer reservation means for receiving image time band data from the display means and for receiving audio time band data from the display means, wherein the received image time band data specifies a time band for recording image data and the received audio time band data specifies a time band for recording audio data independently of the time band for recording image data; and

control means for controlling said recording means based on the image time band data and the audio time band data to perform recording in response to said audio data and said image data.