PURPOSE: To facilitate the operation by an inexperienced user by displaying the array of formatted identification proposals, selectively emphasizing the operated component and selectively displaying the related components. CONSTITUTION: A button 26 controls on/off of an entire device and buttons 30, 32, 34 start a recording mode, a program mode and an information mode. A block 36 has a length-proportional bar displayer, displays the operating state of an information item, the graduation is controlled according to the operating state and the block has a displaying identifier inside. A block 42 represents the control operation of a program mode, a block 84 shows various kinds of special control methods and the related presentation is circularly shown by job 50. Buttons 54-60 are four directional cursor mover, and effective presentation is selected by moving the cursor. Thus, by selectively representing the related array of components, operation by an inexperianced user is facilitated. COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO