Reproduction device information setting method, and information setting program

Abstract

A setting information transmission meanstransmits setting information (area information) concerning broadcast reception of a reproducing apparatusitself and set by a user, to an external device. List information corresponding to the setting information and including broadcast station names, broadcast station identification information, and frequencies of broadcast stations which can be received by the reproducing apparatusis returned to and received by a list information reception meansfrom the external device. The broadcast station names included in the received list information are displayed on the display means. The user checks the displayed broadcast station names and makes an input operation. In response to this input operation, a recording meansrecords parts of the received list information (e.g., frequencies, broadcast station names, and broadcast station identification information) onto a recording medium, with the parts linked to each other.