Recording and reproducing apparatus

Disclosed is a recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body; and a remote controller to perform remote control of the apparatus main body, wherein the remote controller comprises: a key operating section to receive a key operation by a user; a sound information inputting section to input sound information; and a transmitting section to transmit sound data based on the sound information to the apparatus main body, and the apparatus main body comprises: a recording section to record input content data on a recording medium; a reproducing section to reproduce the content data; a receiving section to receive the sound data; a sound information recording section to record the sound data so as to be associated with a piece of the content data; and a sound information outputting section to reproduce the sound data to output the reproduced sound data.