A reproducing system having a simultaneous recording and reproducing means that is functionally more sophisticated. This sophisticated recording and reproducing means can perform recording and reproducing of received data more properly even when the power is turned off, or the received channel is changed. The reproducing system includes a simultaneous recording and reproducing means which, as recording received data in a recording means, can either arbitrarily choose and reproduce data recorded in the recording means or arbitrarily choose and reproduce in-reception data according to operations, and a recording continuing means operable to maintain the reception and continue recording data into the recording means for a prescribed period from a reception stop.