PURPOSE: To facilitate a reserving operation without an operation for selecting items to be reserved by providing a picture recording channel input key, a picture recording start date input key and picture recording start/finish time input keys

CONSTITUTION: When a picture recording setting part 31, a picture recording date setting part 3 and picture recording start/finish time setting parts 33 and 34 in a remote control unit 3 are operated, revised data are outputted from the remote control unit 3. The revised data are displayed on the corresponding display units 11-14 of an on-screen display unit 1 through a VTR unit 2. With this constitution, a reserving operation can be performed quickly.