To provide an information reproducing device for reducing the burdens on operations of an operator.

This information reproducing device provided with at least a reproducing mode for reproducing information recorded in a recording medium 7 by a file unit in a forward direction at a speed almost equal to the speed of recording the information and a fast rewind reproducing mode for quickly rewind-reproducing the information recorded in the recording medium 7 by the file unit in a reverse direction at the speed faster than the speed in the reproducing mode as operation modes is provided with a system control part 6 for performing fast rewind reproduction to the head of a file and then automatically shifting the operation mode to the reproducing mode when a switching operation to the fast rewind reproducing mode is performed by a REW button in the reproducing mode.