A method for reproducing digital information includes the steps of: transferring, with a control circuit, information in a hard disk drive to a memory simultaneously with completion of storage of the information in the hard disk drive from outside of a device body, based on the order or type of information to be reproduced, and reproducing the information from the memory. Furthermore, the method includes the step of providing, with the control circuit, a notification to the user that the transfer of the information to the memory is completed by transmitting a signal indicative thereof.